| Example in Dutch | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Dit is zwaar te verkroppen. | This is hard to swallow. |
| Het is moeilijk te verkroppen, hè? | That is a tough one to swallow, huh? |
| Het lukt je alleen beter om het te verkroppen. | You just get better at swallowing it. |
| Iets dat hij niet kan verkroppen. | Something he can't swallow. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ابتلع,ازدرد, بلع, جرع | Azeri | udmaq |
| Catalan | engolir | English | swallow |
| Esperanto | engluti, forgluti, gluti | Faroese | svølgja |
| Finnish | nielaista, nieleskellä, niellä | French | avaler, ingurgiter |
| German | schlucken, verschlucken | Greek | καταπίνω, ρουφώ |
| Hebrew | בלע | Hungarian | nyel |
| Icelandic | kyngja, svelgja | Indonesian | mencaplok, menelan, menelan mentah-mentah, telan |
| Italian | deglutire, inghiottire, ingoiare | Japanese | 飲み込む, 嚥下 |
| Lithuanian | nuryti, praryti | Macedonian | голта, голтне, проголта |
| Maltese | bela' | Norwegian | svelge |
| Polish | nałykać, pochłonąć, połknąć, połykać, przełknąć, przełykać | Portuguese | deglutir, engolir |
| Quechua | millp'uy | Romanian | înghiți |
| Russian | глотать, глотнуть, проглатывать, проглотить, сглатывать, сглотнуть | Spanish | deglutir, tragarse |
| Swedish | svälja, svälla | Thai | กลืน |
| Turkish | sineye çekmek, yutkunmak, yutmak, yutturulmak | Vietnamese | nuốt |