| Example in Turkish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Bu araziye sondaj yapmak ne kadara mâl oldu? | - How much is it worth to you to drill that land? |
| Ama deniz buzu giderse aşağıdaki zenginliklere sondaj yapmak çok daha kolay olacak. | But if the sea ice goes, it will be much easier to drill for the huge riches below. |
| Onlara "sondaj yapmak istiyorsanız önce benimle, uzmanlarla konuşun" dedim. | I tell them, "if you're going to drill, talk to me. Talk to the scientist first." |
| Sayın Kongre üyesi, şirketimiz petrol için Teddy Roosvelt`in kafasına sondaj yapmak istiyor. | Congressman, we want to drill for oil in Teddy Roosevelt's head. |
| Yada biz sondaj yapmak zorunda kalacağız. | Should or shouldn't we drill for oil there? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | boor | Arabic | نغب |
| Dutch | boren,voorboren | English | drill |
| Esperanto | bori, sondi, trabori | Estonian | drillima, kordama |
| Finnish | kairata, porata | French | aléser |
| German | drillen, exerzieren | Hungarian | fúr |
| Indonesian | incar, membor, menyibak | Italian | terebrare, trapanare, trivellare |
| Lithuanian | gręžti, išgręžti, pragręžti | Macedonian | буши, избуши |
| Polish | borować, gimnastykować, musztrować, nawiercać, przemusztrować, przewiercić, rozwiercić, wiercić, wwiercić, wyborować, wymusztrować, wywiercić | Portuguese | brocar, inculcar |
| Romanian | găuri | Russian | сверлить |
| Spanish | taladrar | Swedish | borra, borsta |
| Thai | เจาะ |