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The Finnish word for wash is
pestä





wash



Translations for wash and their definitions

pesu
     1. n. wash, washing


pestä
     1. v. To wash.
           ~ astiat = to do the dishes.
           ~ pyykkiä = to wash clothes, do the laundry.
     2. v. To launder.
           ~ rahaa = to launder money.
     3. v. (colloquial) to win


tiskata
     1. v. To wash (the dishes).


pyykätä
     1. v. To wash (the laundry).



peseytyä
     1. v. (intransitive) to wash oneself, wash up


matalikko
     1. n. A wash (area of shallow water).
     2. n. A bank, as an elevation or rising ground under the sea.


kohina
     1. n. wash (the sound of the breaking seas)
     2. n. any similar dull, continuous sound
     3. n. (physics) noise (random fluctuation)



mäski
     1. n. (brewing) mash


huuhde
     1. n. fabric softener
     2. n. wash (liquid used for washing)


jokiuoma
     1. n. riverbed


vanavesi
     1. n. wake (of a ship)



sävyttää
     1. v. dye (to colour with dye)
     2. v. tint


lape
     1. n. The flat of a blade.
     2. n. edge
     3. n. periphery


huuhtouma
     1. n. wash (ground washed away to the sea or a river)


pyykki
     1. n. laundry (that which needs to be laundered).
           Olet jättänyt likapyykkiäsi ympäri taloa.
             You've left your dirty laundry all over the house.
     2. n. A post that is used to mark something, especially a border or limit.


huuhtoutua
     1. v. (intransitive) To be washed/rinsed/eroded (away).


tasapeli
     1. n. draw, tie


jättöpyörre
     1. n. (aviation) wash (turbulence left by an airplane)


silata
     1. v. to plate


kouru
     1. n. chute, gutter


huuhtoa
     1. v. To wash, rinse (to move by the force of water in motion).
     2. v. To wash (to separate valuable material).


särkkä
     1. n. (nautical) bank, sandbank (underwater formation of loose sand or gravel, often a shifting one)


laveeraus
     1. n. (arts) wash (smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint)
     2. n. wash (the technique applied to produce such paintings)


vakuuttaa
     1. v. To assert, assure, convince.
     2. v. To reassure.
     3. v. To insure (property for cases of an accident, theft or another undesirable event).




kastella
     1. v. to wet (to cover or impregnate with liquid)
     2. v. to wet (to urinate accidentally in or on)
     3. v. to irrigate (to supply farmland with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.)
     4. v. to water (plants, flowers)



pesuneste
     1. n. washing liquid



peräaalto
     1. n. The wash (wake of a ship), specifically the large waves produced.



kostuttaa
     1. v. To moisten.


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