| Example in Polish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Kevan, niech dobosze bębnią na zbiórkę. | Kevan, command the drummers beat assembly. |
| Znowu bębnią Chodźmy | They're beating the drums again Let's go |
| Głównemu, aby zakończył... dalej byś bębnił w ten swój cholerny bębenek! Panie Lee... | If I wasn't able to signal... the drum major to wrap you up... you'd still be out there beating your damn drum! |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danish | slå | Dutch | kleunen,trommelen |
| English | beat | Esperanto | bastoni, batadi, bati, venkobati |
| Estonian | peksma | Faroese | berja, buka, sláa |
| French | battre | German | besiegen, bezwingen, hauen, pochen, prügeln, schlagen, toppen |
| Greek | δέρνω, χτυπώ | Hungarian | kiver, megver, ver |
| Icelandic | berja, drepa | Italian | bastonare, battere, picchiare, pulsare, sbattere, stangare |
| Japanese | 鼓動 | Latvian | sasist, sist |
| Lithuanian | daužyti, dobti, įveikti, mušti, nurungti | Norwegian | denge, slå |
| Portuguese | bater, surrar | Romanian | bate |
| Russian | бить | Spanish | barloventear, batir, latir |