| Language | Gloss |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | boor |
| Catalan | foradar |
| Danish | borer |
| Dutch | boren |
| English | drill |
| Finnish | porata |
| German | bohren |
| Modern Greek | τρυπάει |
| Modern Hebrew | likdoax |
| Hungarian | fúr |
| Icelandic | bora |
| Irish | (ag) druileáil |
| Italian | trapanare |
| Lithuanian | gręžti |
| Moselle Franconian | bueren |
| Maltese | ittaqqab |
| Polish | wiercić |
| Russian | сверлить |
| Serbian Standard | bušiti |
| Slovak | vŕtať |
| Southern African English | drill |
| Spanish | taladrar |
| Swedish | borra |
| Turkish | delmek |
| Xhosa | bhola |