| Example in Russian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Тьма надвигается. | Darkness approaches. |
| Я чувствую, что надвигаются великие перемены. | I feel it, the big moment approaches. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | afrohem | Arabic | نهج,هدف |
| Azeri | yaxınlaşmaq | Dutch | benaderen, nabijkomen, naderen |
| English | approach | Esperanto | alproksimiĝi |
| Faroese | náa | Finnish | lähestyä |
| French | aborder, approcher, s’aborgner | German | herannahen, nahekommen, nähern, sich nähern |
| Greek | πλησιάζω, προσεγγίζω | Hebrew | התקרב, ניגש, קרב |
| Hungarian | közelít, megközelít | Indonesian | dekati, mendekati, menjelang |
| Italian | accostare, appressare, appressarsi, approcciare, appropinquarsi, approssimare, raccostare | Japanese | アプローチ, 寄せる, 近寄る, 近接, 近付く, 迫る |
| Latvian | pienākt | Lithuanian | artėti, artintis, priartėti, prieiti, prisiartinti, užkalbinti |
| Macedonian | пријде, пристапи, се приближува | Norwegian | nærme, tilnærme |
| Polish | podchodzić, zbliżyć | Portuguese | acercar, aproximar |
| Quechua | asuy, asuykuy, chimpay | Romanian | apropia |
| Spanish | aproximarse, frisar | Swedish | approchera, nalkas, närma, närvara |
| Turkish | yaklaşılmak, yaklaşmak, yanaşmak | Vietnamese | áp, tiếp cận |