The Finnish word for to pull is
vetää
Translations for to pull and their definitions
| vetää | |
| 1. v. to pull | |
| 2. v. to lead | |
| Vedän tätä ryhmää. | |
| I lead this group. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) to blow (of the draft) | |
| Ikkunan luona vetää. | |
| The draft blows by the window. | |
| 4. v. to wind up (to tighten by winding or twisting) | |
| Kronometri täytyy vetää tarkalleen 24 tunnin välein, jotta se olisi mahdollisimman tarkka. | |
| The chronometer must be wound up exactly every 24 hours in order for it to be as precise as possible. | |
| 5. v. ~ oikeuteen : to bring to justice, sue | |
| 6. v. ~ vessa : to flush the toilet | |
| 7. v. to ingest | |
| 8. v. (slang) to perform |
| tehdä | |
| 1. v. to do, perform, execute | |
| Mitä sinä teet? - What are you doing? | |
| Meidän täytyy tehdä biopsia selvittääksemme oireiden syyn. - We need to perform a biopsy in order to find out the cause of the symptoms. | |
| 2. v. to make, manufacture | |
| Tein äidilleni kakun. - I made a cake for my mom. | |
| 3. v. to commit, perpetrate, carry out, conduct (to do, as a crime, sin, or fault) | |
| ~ itsemurha - to commit suicide | |
| ~ rikos - to commit a crime, perpetrate an offense | |
| ~ virhe - to commit a mistake, make an error | |
| ~ koe, ~ testi - to carry out, conduct a test | |
| tehdä huorin - to commit adultery | |
| 4. v. to make, render (somebody: accusative, adjective: translative or somebody: elative, noun: accusative) | |
| (with translative adjective describing the end result) Hän teki minut iloiseksi. - She made me happy. | |
| (with an elative noun describing the end result) He tekivät minusta presidentin. - They made me President. | |
| 5. v. to make, cost (said often by the salesperson to the customer) | |
| Se tekee viisikymmentäyhdeksän euroa. - That makes fifty-nine euros. |
| antaa | |
| 1. v. To give; to allow; to present, donate; to issue. | |
| Annoin Liisalle kukat. | |
| I gave Liisa flowers. | |
| 2. v. To let, allow, permit. | |
| Anna hänen mennä. | |
| Let him go. | |
| 3. v. To distribute, hand/pass out. | |
| 4. v. To grant, confer. | |
| 5. v. (colloquial) To consent to have sex (with = allative). |
| soutu | |
| 1. n. rowing |
| iskeä | |
| 1. v. to strike, hit | |
| 2. v. to attack | |
| 3. v. to crack down (to enforce more stringently or more thoroughly) | |
| Viranomaiset yrittävät iskeä pyhien aikana rattijuopumukseen. | |
| The authorities are trying to crack down on drunk driving during the holidays. | |
| 4. v. to hit on, flirt (to try to get someone romantically interested in oneself) |
| vedin | |
| 1. n. pull (device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, or handle) | |
| laatikon vedin = drawer pull | |
| vetoketjun vedin = zipper pull | |
| 2. n. (slang) In plural (vetimet), clothes, attire | |
| Kivat vetimet! | |
| Nice clothes! | |
| 3. v. first-person singular indicative past of vetää |
| 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)) |
| vaikutusvalta | |
| 1. n. Influence, authority, clout (of a person or organization). |
| veto | |
| 1. n. pull (act of pulling) | |
| 2. n. pull (attractive force) | |
| 3. n. draught/draft of air | |
| 4. n. stroke of hand, oar etc. | |
| 5. n. bet, wager (e.g. in gambling) | |
| 6. n. (colloquial) move, as in a debate or game | |
| Tuo oli hyvä veto! | |
| That was a good move! | |
| 7. n. veto |
| viehätys | |
| 1. gracefulness |
| vetovoima | |
| 1. n. gravity | |
| 2. n. attraction |
| imu | |
| 1. n. suction | |
| 2. n. undertow; also aaltojen imu (flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore) | |
| Aaltojen imu voi viedä lapselta jalat alta ja aiheuttaa hukkumisen. | |
| The undertow may sweep a child off its feet and cause drowning. |
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