| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - En usko sen voivan kuluttaa meidän vaatteitamme. | I don't think it's possible for our clothes to wear out, ever. |
| Ei lasin kuulunut kuluttaa bensaletkua poikki - tulppien viereltä. | The glass wasn't supposed to wear out the fuel line next to the spark plugs. |
| Eipä tarvitse rahvaan kuluttaa polvinikamiaan. | Why should the laymen wear out their joints? |
| Täytyyhän heidän kuluttaa kenkiään, jotta saan työtä. | Truly, sir, to wear out their shoes, to get myself into more work. |
| Sinä se Alma kulutat kenkiä. | Oh my, can you wear out shoes, Alma! |
| Älä kuluta akkua loppuun. | Just don't wear out the battery, huh? |
| Älä kuluta akkua. | Don't wear out the battery on that. |
| Älä kuluta loppuun tuota kieltäsi, Barney. | Ooh, don't wear out that tongue, Barney. |
| Oletatko minun vain hukkaavan elämäni - kuluttamalla käteni ja jalkani Marcon likaisessa kuppilassa? | You expect me to just waste my life wearing out my feet and hands down at Marco's greasy spoon, don't you? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | afdragen | English | wear out |
| French | retamer,rétamer, user | German | abtreten, aufreiben, ausleiern, schleißen, verschleißen |
| Hebrew | בלה | Italian | estenuare, fiaccarsi, logorare, spompare, usurare, usurarsi |
| Japanese | くたばる, 禿びる, 老朽化 | Lithuanian | dilti, nudilti |
| Macedonian | износи | Portuguese | desgastar |
| Romanian | învechi | Russian | заебать, изнурить, изнурять, обнашивать, снашивать |
| Spanish | agotarse, gastarse | Turkish | yıpratmak |