Äänestää

Translations

1. (transitive) to vote
   1. (transitive, usually atelic) to vote (for)
      • äänestää esityksen puolesta ― to vote for the proposal
      • äänestää esitystä vastaan ― to vote against the proposal
      • Äänestän puoluetta, joka ajaa minun asiaani.
        • I vote for the party that supports my cause.
      • Äänestän tyhjää, koska minulla ei ole mielipidettä (tästä asiasta).
        • I will abstain from this vote, as I have no particular preference (on this matter).
   2. (transitive) to vote [with object and translative]
      • se äänestettiin parhaaksi albumiksi ― it was voted the best album

Conjugations

Indicative Conjugations

The present, imperfect, perfect, and pluperfect (past perfect) tenses in English correspond to "speaks", "spoke", "has spoken", and "had spoken".

Conditional Conjugations

The conditional present and perfect moods in English typically correspond to "would" and "would have".