| Example in Russian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Ему бы в штабе сидеть, сапоги начищать. | I think he'd rather be tucked up in Sandhurst, polishing his boots. |
| Ты можешь обдумать значение этих слов вечером пока начищаешь все перила в заведении. | You can ponder its meaning while polishing every rail in the place. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | bijschaven,opboenen, opwrijven, poleren, polijsten, politiseren, uitpoetsen | English | polish |
| Esperanto | poluri | Finnish | buunata, kiillottaa, lankata |
| French | astiquer, briquer, briqueter, dégrossir, gréser, polir | German | polieren |
| Greek | γυαλίζω, στιλβώνω, στλεγγίζω | Hawaiian | Pōlani |
| Hungarian | csiszol, fényez | Icelandic | fægja |
| Indonesian | memoles, menyemir | Italian | brillantare, lucidare, lustrare |
| Japanese | 磨く | Lithuanian | blizginti |
| Macedonian | полира | Norwegian | polere |
| Polish | glancować, glansować, polerować, wyfroterować, wyglansować, wypolerować | Portuguese | açacalar, polir |
| Spanish | acicalar, bolear, embolar, esmerar, lustrar, polir, pulir | Swedish | finputsa, polera |
| Thai | เจียระไน | Turkish | cilâlamak, cilâlatmak |
| Vietnamese | đánh bóng |
