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The Finnish word for loose is
löysä





loose



Translations for loose and their definitions

löysä
     1. adj. soft
           Löysä kananmuna.
             A soft-boiled egg.
     2. adj. loose
           Tämä ruuvi on löysällä.
             This screw is loose.
     3. adj. slack
           Löysä kuri.
             A slack discipline.
           Löysä köysi.
             A slack rope.
           Löysät housut.
     4. adj. baggy
             Baggy pants.


irti
     1. adv. Loose in the sense of not being fixed or stuck, unfastened, free.
     2. adv. clear (not touching, e.g. during defibrillation)


löyhä
     1. adj. loose (not fixed firmly)


väljä
     1. adj. loose (not fitting tightly)


löysätä
     1. v. to slack off
     2. v. to loose (to make less tight)


löyhätapainen
     1. adj. loose (promiscuous)



rento
     1. adj. Relaxed.


irtonainen
     1. adj. loose (not packaged)


ampua
     1. v. To shoot (+ partitive = wounding; + genitive-accusative = killing).
           Ammuin sinua.
     2. v. * I shot (and wounded) you.
           Ammuin sinut.
     3. v. * I shot (and killed) you.


vapauttaa
     1. v. To (set) free/loose, let loose/go, loose, liberate, emancipate.
           Hänet vapautettiin vankilasta.
             S/he was freed from the prison.
     2. v. ~ (syytteestä) = to acquit someone (of something = elative), drop charges against, exonerate, exculpate.
           Hänet vapautettiin murhasyytteestä todisteiden puuttumisen takia.
             Murder charges against him/her were dropped due to the lack of evidence.
     3. v. To exempt, excuse (from something = elative).
           Hänet vapautettiin verojen maksusta.
             S/he was exempted from paying taxes.
     4. v. ~ tehtävistään = to relieve from his/her duties.
     5. v. To lift the restrictions on, decontrol, deregulate, liberalise/liberalize.
           Pitäisikö Euroopan sähkömarkkinat vapauttaa?
             Should the European electricity market be liberalized? / Should the restrictions on the European electricity market be lifted?


irrottaa
     1. v. to loosen, free, detach, unfasten, undo
           Sinun täytyy irrottaa jarru.
             You should release the brake.
           Sinun täytyy irrottaa kytkin.
             You should disengage the clutch.
           Sinun täytyy irrottaa puhelin seinästä.
             You should disconnect the telephone.


huolimaton
     1. adj. sloppy, careless, negligent.
     2. v. negative participle of huolia


avara
     1. adj. spacious, roomy


epäsiveellinen
     1. adj. loose, promiscuous


sulava
     1. adj. melting
     2. adj. loose, smooth (relaxed, of movement)
     3. adj. suave (of behaviour)
     4. v. present active participle of sulaa


irto-
     1. Prefix. Used as modifier in compound terms to signify detachable, removable, separate, loose.


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