The Finnish word for sour is
hapan
Translations for sour and their definitions
| hapan | |
| 1. adj. sour, acid in taste | |
| 2. adj. sour, peevish, irritable, grumpy, fretful, ill-tempered | |
| 3. adj. (chemistry) acidic, acid |
| kirpeä | |
| 1. adj. (kirpeämpi, kirpein) | |
| 2. adj. tart (taste) | |
| 3. adj. crisp (weather) |
| hapantua | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To (turn/go) sour, acidify, lopper. |
| pilata | |
| 1. v. To spoil, ruin, blight, destroy (to cause the ruin of). | |
| pilata mahdollisuutensa | |
| to destroy one's chances | |
| 2. v. To damage or mar (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction). | |
| 3. v. To foil, scupper, thwart (to prevent something from being accomplished). | |
| pilata suunnitelma | |
| to thwart a plan | |
| 4. v. To blemish, soil (to spoil the appearance of). | |
| Mädät tomaatit pilasivat pukuni. (I shave my beard.) - The rotten tomatoes blemished my suit. | |
| 5. v. To contaminate (to introduce impurities or foreign matter). | |
| Myrkyllinen vuoto pilasi juomavetemme vuosiksi. (I shave my beard.) - A poisonous leak contaminated our drinking water for years to come. | |
| 6. v. To bugger up, mess up, muck up (mild slang expressions for ruining or spoiling things). | |
| 7. v. To bugger, cock up, fuck up, screw up (obscene slang expressions for ruining or spoiling things). | |
| 8. v. To spoil (to coddle or pamper to excess). |
| pilaantua | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To spoil. |
| nyrpeä | |
| 1. adj. sullen, sulky |
| nyreä | |
| 1. adj. sullen, sulky |
| särkeä | |
| 1. n. partitive singular form of särki | |
| 2. v. to break | |
| 3. v. transitive -> partitive + 3rd-pers. singular or intransitive -> illative + 3rd-pers. singular = to be sore, ache. | |
| Jalkojani/Jalkoihini särkee. | |
| My legs are sore. |
| härskiintynyt | |
| 1. adj. rancid | |
| 2. v. past active participle of härskiintyä |
| hapannuttaa | |
| 1. v. (rare) alternative form of hapattaa (to cause to turn sour). |
| taantua | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To revert. |
| rikkoa | |
| 1. v. to break | |
| Kuka on rikkonut kahvimukini? | |
| Who has broken my coffee mug? | |
| Hän rikkoi lupauksensa. | |
| She broke her promise. | |
| rikkoa seteli = to break a bill | |
| 2. v. to violate | |
| Rikkovatko poliisin toimet perustuslakia? | |
| Are the police's actions violating the Constitution? | |
| 3. v. (transitive/intransitive) to offend, to transgress (something = partitive, against something = partitive + vastaan): | |
| Hän rikkoo hyviä tapoja vastaan, miten haluaa. | |
| He'll transgress against common decency as he wants. | |
| Mekin anteeksi annamme niille, jotka ovat meitä vastaan rikkoneet. | |
| We forgive those who trespassed against us. | |
| 4. v. to renege | |
| Yritys rikkoi sopimusta. | |
| The company reneged the contract. | |
| 5. v. ~ rauhaa = to disturb the peace |
| härski | |
| 1. adj. Of food, rancid. | |
| 2. adj. Of a story etc., gross. |
| särkyä | |
| 1. n. partitive singular form of särky | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) | |
| 3. v. to break (to separate into pieces, to fracture or crack) | |
| Jos maljakko putoaa lattialle, se voi särkyä. | |
| If the vase falls to the floor, it might break. | |
| 4. v. to break down (to fail or cease to function) | |
| Pelkään, että tietokoneeni särkyy, jos käytän sitä saunassa. | |
| I am afraid my computer will break down if I use it in the sauna. |
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