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Estää (Verb type1)

Translations

  1. (transitive) to prevent, forestall, preclude
    Synonym: ehkäistä
  2. (transitive) to avert
    Synonym: välttää
  3. (transitive) to prevent, stop, keep, hinder, block someone (from doing something = 3rd infinitive in elative, -masta/-mästä)
  4. (transitive) to deter, impede, block someone (from doing something = 3rd infinitive in elative, -masta/-mästä)
    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".