| Example in Russian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Как тебе будет спаться по ночам? | How do you sleep at night? |
| Мне тоже не спится. | What time does your plane leave from Sydney? |
| "Доброе утро, дорогая. Как спалось?" | "Morning, darling, how did you sleep?" |
| - Как вам нынче спалось? | - How did you sleep? |
| - Как вам спалось? | - How did you sleep? |
| - Как кровать для гостей, хорошо спалось? | How was the guest bed, did you sleep alright? Great. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | slaap | Arabic | نام |
| Azeri | yatmaq | Catalan | dormir |
| Danish | sove | Dutch | ontslapen,slapen |
| English | sleep | Estonian | magatama, uinutama |
| Faroese | sova | Finnish | goijata, koisia, nukkua, paapia, tutia |
| French | coucher, dormir | German | schlafen |
| Greek | κοιμάμαι , κοιμούμαι | Hawaiian | hiamoe, moe |
| Hungarian | alszik, hál | Indonesian | tidur |
| Italian | dormire | Japanese | 休眠, 寝る, 眠る |
| Latvian | čučēt, gulēt | Lithuanian | miegoti, pamiegoti, permiegoti, prisimiegoti |
| Macedonian | нана, спие | Malay | tidur |
| Maori | moe | Norwegian | sove |
| Persian | خواب رفتن | Polish | dospać, pospać, przekimać, przenocować, przespać, spać, sypiać, zasypiać |
| Portuguese | dormir, mimir, nanar | Quechua | puñuy |
| Romanian | dormi | Spanish | adormir, dormir, mimir |
| Swedish | sofva, sova | Thai | จำวัด, นอน, หลับ |
| Turkish | uyku vermek, uyumak | Vietnamese | nằm ngủ, ngủ, ngụ, ngủ mê, ngự, ru |