| Example in Russian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Потом я внезапно просыпаюсь и вздрагиваю. | Then I suddenly awake with a start. |
| И не вздрагивай от звука, который сейчас услышишь. | And don't be startled by the sound you're about to hear. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | filloj | Arabic | شن |
| Azeri | başlamaq | Catalan | iniciar |
| Danish | begynde | Dutch | beginnen,starten |
| English | start | Esperanto | starti |
| Estonian | käivituma, startima | Finnish | aloitella, aloittaa, alottaa, käynnistyä, käynnistää, startata |
| German | anbrechen, anlaufen, einleiten, losgehen, starten | Greek | αρχίζω |
| Hungarian | beindul, indít, megindít | Icelandic | hrökkva |
| Indonesian | memulai, mulai | Italian | adire, attivare, iniziarsi, intavolare, intentare, rintavolare, sobbalzare, sussultare |
| Japanese | スタート, 開始, 起動, 始動, 着手 | Lithuanian | užkurti, užvesti |
| Macedonian | почне, се зароди | Norwegian | innlede, starte |
| Polish | startować, uruchomić, wszcząć, wystartować | Portuguese | começar, encetar, iniciar |
| Romanian | începe, porni, tresări | Spanish | empezar, incoar |
| Swedish | starta, starva | Thai | ลงมือ |
| Turkish | başlamak, başlanmak, başlatılmak, başlatmak, start vermek | Vietnamese | khởi công, khởi đầu, khởi động, khởi hành, khởi sự, xuất phát |
