| Example in Dutch | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Even de aardappels afgieten. | I'm gonna go drain the main vein, how about that? |
| Halen jullie de pils, ik moet de piepers afgieten. | (Lewis) OK, you guys, you get the suds. I gotta go drain the lizard. |
| Je bent het water aan het afgieten heh | You're draining the boil right now? |
| Nu moet ik de aardappels nog afgieten... het bord met sausjes maken en aan de vis begin... | Okay. Now, all l gotta do is drain the potatoes... finish my relish tray, and get my fish going. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | نزف | Catalan | escórrer |
| English | drain | Esperanto | deguti,dreni, malplenigi |
| French | drainer | German | abfließen, abtropfen, auszehren, entwässern, trockenlegen |
| Greek | στραγγίζω | Indonesian | kuras, mengalirkan, mengeringkan, menguras, meniriskan |
| Italian | drenare, emungere, scolare, sgrondare | Japanese | 排水, 涸らす |
| Lithuanian | išsekinti, nusausinti, sekinti, sunkti | Norwegian | renne |
| Polish | odpływać, odwadniać, osączyć, sączkować, spłynąć, spuścić, wydrenować, wysączkować, wysączyć, zdrenować, zmeliorować | Portuguese | drenar, escoar, escorrer |
| Romanian | scurge | Spanish | apurar, desaguar, drenar, escurrirse |
| Swedish | dränera, dränka, länsa, läppja | Thai | สะเด็ด |
| Turkish | akıtmak, suyunu çekmek | Vietnamese | bòn rút, còng, công, cống |