| Example in Dutch | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Howard was zo boos dat ik hem heb moeten drogeren. | Howard was so angry, I had to mash up Benadryl in his ice cream to get him to fall asleep. |
| dan drogeer ik je en scheer ik je hele lichaam kaal. | I'm gonna totally drug you and dry shave your entire body. |
| Als jullie uit de berggebieden van China en Tibet komen waarom eten jullie dan bamboe, dat alleen in drogere streken voorkomt? | If you pandas are from mountainous areas of China and Tibet, how come you eat bamboo which is prone to grow only in dryer more airid regions? |
| Misschien hebt u liever één van onze drogere koffie mélanges. | Perhaps you prefer some of our dry coffee blends. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | جأف,جاف, جف, نشف, يبس | Catalan | assecar, eixugar |
| English | dry | Esperanto | sekigi, sekiĝi |
| Estonian | kuivama, kuivatama, tahendama | Faroese | torna |
| Finnish | kelottua, kuivata, kuivatella, kuivattaa, kuivua | French | secher, sécher |
| German | dörren, trocknen | Greek | στεγνώνω |
| Hungarian | szárad, szárít | Icelandic | þerra, þorna, þurrka |
| Italian | alidire, asciugare, disseccare, essiccare, rinsecchire, seccare | Japanese | 乾く, 乾燥, 干る |
| Lithuanian | džiovinti, džiūti, išdžiovinti, išdžiūti, nudžiūti | Macedonian | се суши, суши |
| Norwegian | tørke | Polish | dosuszać, nasuszyć, obeschnąć, osuszać, osuszyć, posuszyć, schnąć, suszyć, ususzyć, wyschnąć, wysuszyć, wysychać, zasuszyć |
| Portuguese | secar | Quechua | ch'akichiy, ch'akiy |
| Romanian | usca, zvânta | Russian | высушивать, высушиваться, высушить, высушиться, осушать, осушить, сохнуть, сушить, сушиться |
| Spanish | enjugar, enjutar, secar | Thai | ตาก, ผึ่ง |
| Turkish | kurumak | Vietnamese | hơ |
