The Finnish word for can is
säilyketölkki
Translations for can and their definitions
| säilyketölkki | |
| 1. n. can (tin-plate canister for preserved foods) |
| purkki | |
| 1. n. can | |
| 2. n. canister (lightweight container) |
| takamus | |
| 1. n. behind, bottom, backside, bum, can (buttocks) |
| purkittaa | |
| 1. v. To can (to preserve). |
| hylätä | |
| 1. v. To reject, turn down (e.g. a plan). | |
| 2. v. To refuse, turn away (e.g. a person proposing or somesuch). | |
| 3. v. To abandon, desert, leave (e.g. one's spouse, child). | |
| 4. v. To abandon, forsake (e.g. principles). | |
| 5. v. To give up, dismiss (e.g. a thought). | |
| 6. v. To fail, flunk (in a test at school). | |
| 7. v. To dismiss, disallow, throw out (e.g. charges), to overrule (a protest at a court). | |
| 8. v. To defeat (a law proposal). | |
| 9. v. To disqualify (a sports result). |
| osata | |
| 1. v. To know how (to do something), can (do something). | |
| Osaatko sulkea tämän laitteen? | |
| Do you know how to switch this machine off? | |
| 2. v. To know (usually a language). | |
| Osaatko italiaa? | |
| Do you know Italian? |
| kastelukannu | |
| 1. n. A watering can or watering pot. |
| voida | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) to feel, do | |
| Kuinka voitte? | |
| How are you doing? | |
| 2. v. can, to be able to, to be capable | |
| En voinut olla nauramatta. | |
| I could not help laughing. | |
| 3. v. (in the conditional mood) could | |
| Voisitko auttaa minua? | |
| Could you please help me? | |
| Voisin juosta, jos haluaisin. | |
| I could run if I wanted. | |
| 4. v. may, to be allowed, to be permitted. | |
| Voinko avata ikkunan? | |
| May I open the window? |
| saada | |
| 1. v. to get, receive | |
| 2. v. saada tietää: to learn, find out, come to know | |
| 3. v. to afford; usually in passive (to give forth; yield as natural result) | |
| Rypäleistä saadaan viiniä, oliiveista öljyä. | |
| Grapes afford wine, olives afford oil. | |
| 4. v. to deserve | |
| Saisit hävetä! | |
| You deserve to be ashamed! | |
| You should be ashamed! | |
| 5. v. may, to be allowed, to be permitted | |
| 6. v. to make (to cause the direct object to be the subject of a verb) | |
| Saat minut nauramaan. | |
| You're making me laugh. | |
| 7. v. (colloquial) to get laid (If the partner is mentioned, the partner is in the ablative case (equivalent to from)) |
| pystyä | |
| 1. v. (archaic) to cut, make a cut | |
| 2. v. to be able to, can |
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