Estää

Translations

1. (transitive) to prevent, forestall, preclude
   • Synonym: ehkäistä
2. (transitive) to avert
   • Synonym: välttää
3. (transitive, usually atelic) to prevent, stop, keep, hinder, obstruct, block someone [with elative of third infinitive ‘from doing’]
4. (transitive, usually atelic) to deter, impede, block someone [with elative of third infinitive ‘from doing’]
   • Synonym: pidätellä
5. (transitive) to block (on social media)

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".