Johtaa

Translations

1. (transitive) to lead, take, show someone the way to
   • Synonyms: viedä, johdattaa
   • Hän johtaa vieraat olohuoneeseen. ― She takes the guests into the living room.
2. (transitive) to guide, conduct, usher
   • Synonyms: saattaa, opastaa, johdattaa
   • Seuraavaksi turistiryhmä johdettiin kaupungin suurimpaan kirkkoon. ― Next the tour group was guided into the largest church in the city.
3. (intransitive) to lead to, reach to
   • Synonyms: viedä, kulkea, käydä
   • Tie johtaa kylän ulkopuolelle. ― The road leads to outside the village.
4. (intransitive) to lead to, result/end in
   • johtaa toimenpiteisiin ― to lead to action being taken
   • Kuljettajan vahinko johti onnettomuuteen. ― The driver's mistake resulted in the accident.
5. (transitive) to lead, make, get, induce
   • Synonym: saada
   • Se johtaa sinut tekemään jotain harkitsematonta. ― It'll lead you to do something without consideration.
6. (transitive) to lead, direct; to supervise, superintend, manage
   • Synonym: ohjata
   • Johdatko sinä tätä laitosta? ― Do you lead this facility?
   • Täällä pitäisi olla joku johtamassa puhetta. ― There ought to be someone here to chair the session.
7. (transitive) to lead, command, be in command of, conduct
   • Johdan orkesteria työkseni. ― I conduct an orchestra for a living.
8. (transitive, sports) to lead, be in the lead
   • Kotijoukkue johtaa kahdella maalilla. ― The home team is leading by two goals.
9. (transitive, business) to manage, run, be in charge of
   • Johdatko sinä sitä yritystä? ― Do you run that company?
10. (transitive, physics) to conduct (carry electricity, heat, etc.)
    • Kupari johtaa hyvin sähköä. ― Copper conducts electricity well.
11. (transitive) to derive [with elative ‘from’]
    • tiede on johdettu tietää-sanasta. ― The Finnish word tiede (“science”) was derived from tietää (“to know”).
    • Yhtälöstä voidaan helposti johtaa ratkaisukaava. ― A solution formula can easily be derived from the equation.
12. (transitive) to trace back [with illative or elative ‘to’]
    • Kyseinen sana voidaan johtaa latinaan. ― The word in question can be traced back to Latin.
13. (transitive) to deduce, conclude
    • Päätelmä johdettiin todistusaineiston perusteella. ― The evidence was used to reach the conclusion.

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".