Heittää

Translations

1. (transitive) to throw, cast, hurl
   • Synonyms: mosauttaa (dialectal), täräyttää (colloquial)
   • heittää varjo ― to cast a shadow
   • heittää ulos ― to expel, throw out
   • Heittäisitkö pallon minulle?
     • Could you throw me the ball?
2. (transitive, in expressions) to abandon, give up
   • Työtämme ohjaa, meitä älä heitä! (from a hymn)
     • Guide our work, do not abandon us!
   • Ken tästä käy, saa kaiken toivon heittää.
     • Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.
     • (literally, “Who passes here shall abandon all hope.”)
3. (transitive, informal) to interject; express something
   • heittää arvaus ― to take a guess
4. (transitive, colloquial) to take, transport, give a ride (in a car)
   • Voitko heittää minut kotiin?
     • Can you give me a ride home?
5. (transitive, colloquial) to give, hand over
6. (intransitive, colloquial, of a number) to be inaccurate or incorrect, to be off [with adessive ‘by’]
   • Arviosi heittää useilla vuosilla.
     • Your estimate is off by several years.

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".