| Example in Russian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Предсказываю будущее, толкую прошлое, а что до настоящего - тут я пас. | The future foretold, the past explained, the present apologised for. |
| Ведь я тебе толковал. | Haven't I explained everything to you? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | verklaar | Albanian | sqaroj,shpjegoj |
| Azeri | anlatmaq | Catalan | explicar |
| Danish | forklare | Dutch | toelichten, uitleggen, verduidelijken, verklaren |
| English | explain | Esperanto | ekspliki, klariĝi |
| Estonian | seletama | Finnish | selittää |
| French | expliquer | German | erklären, erläutern |
| Greek | εξηγώ | Hawaiian | wehewehe |
| Hebrew | הסביר | Hungarian | magyaráz, megmagyaráz |
| Indonesian | memaparkan, menerangkan, menjelaskan | Italian | enucleare, spiegare |
| Japanese | 説く, 説明, 闡明 | Latvian | paskaidrot |
| Lithuanian | aiškinti, išaiškinti, paaiškinti, pasiaiškinti | Macedonian | објасни, објаснува, разјасни |
| Maori | whakamārama | Norwegian | forklare |
| Persian | توضیح دادن, شرح دادن, فهماندن | Polish | objaśniać, objaśnić, wyjaśniać, wyjaśnić, wytłumaczyć |
| Portuguese | explanar, explicar | Quechua | alayrichiy |
| Romanian | explica | Spanish | explicar, explicarse |
| Thai | ชี้แจง, บรรยาย, อธิบาย | Turkish | acıklanmak, açıklamak, açıklanmak, anlatmak |
| Vietnamese | giải nghĩa, giải thích, thanh minh |