Esittää

Translations

1. (transitive) to express, offer, set/put forth, state
   • Synonym: ilmaista
2. (transitive) to show, present [with allative ‘to (someone)’]
   • Synonym: näyttää
3. (transitive) to present, produce (on a stage), stage, show
4. (transitive) to submit, suggest, propose; to move, make a motion; to nominate, put forward; to refer
   • Synonyms: ehdottaa, (make a motion) tehdä esitys
5. (transitive) to perform, do
   • Coordinate term: esiintyä (intransitive)
   • esittävät taiteet ― performing arts
6. (transitive, usually atelic) to pose as, play (the part of), pretend to be, impersonate, purport oneself to be
   • Synonyms: esiintyä (+ essive), tekeytyä (+ translative), teeskennellä
   • Hän esittää kansainvälistä liikemiestä.
     • He purports himself to be an international man of affairs.
   • Esitä, ettet ole kotona.
     • Pretend you're not home.
7. (transitive, usually atelic) to portray, represent, render, depict
   • Maalaus esittää presidenttiä.
     • The painting portrays the President.
8. (transitive) to produce (to make available to a person, an authority, etc.)
   • Matkustajien täytyy esittää passinsa rajalla.
     • The travellers must produce their passport at the border.

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".