| Example in Russian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| С чего бы водяному котлу все заливать? | Why would the tank flood? |
| Ослепительный свет заливал поля, усеянные цветами. | A stunning light flooded the fields covered in flowers |
| Сквозь широкие сводчатые окна свет заливал внутренности храма. | Through the large lancet windows, light flooded inside. |
| удобряли, заливали кровью, орошали слезами | Composted, flooded with blood, irrigated with tears. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | غمر | Dutch | inunderen,invalideren, invallen, overspoelen, vollopen, volstromen |
| English | flood | Esperanto | inundi |
| Finnish | tulvia, upottaa | French | flooder, inonder, submerger |
| German | fluten, überfluten, überschwemmen | Greek | πλημμυρίζω, πλιατσικολογώ, πλουμίζω, πλουταίνω, πλουτίζω, ποδίζω, ποιμαίνω |
| Indonesian | melimbur, membanjiri, mengaliri, menggenangi | Italian | allagare, ingolfare, ingolfarsi, inondare |
| Japanese | 氾濫 | Lithuanian | patvinti, tvinti, užtvindyti |
| Macedonian | поплави | Norwegian | oversvømme |
| Polish | podtopić, zalać, zalewać, zatapiać | Portuguese | alagar, floodar, inundar |
| Romanian | inunda | Spanish | arriar, empantanar, inundarse |
| Swedish | svämma över, översvämma | Turkish | su basmak |
| Vietnamese | lú, lụt lội, lừ |