Kieltää

Translations

1. (transitive) to forbid, prohibit, disallow, ban [with ablative ‘someone, something’; or (with verbs) with partitive ‘someone, something’ and elative of third infinitive ‘from doing’]
   • Kielsin lastani juoksemasta kadulle.
     • I forbade my child to run into the street.
   • Tämä elokuva on kielletty alle 16-vuotiailta.
     • This film is not allowed for children under 16.
2. (transitive) to deny, controvert, dispute, contest (argue that something is not the case)
   • Synonym: kiistää
   • Kiellän tehneeni mitään väärää!
     • I deny having done anything wrong!
3. (transitive) to renounce (also in a religious sense), to repudiate
   • Synonym: hylätä
   • Hän kielsi poikansa.
     • (S)he renounced/repudiated her son.
   • Hän kielsi Jumalan.
     • He renounced God.
4. (transitive, law) to contest
   • Synonyms: hylätä, moittia, riitauttaa
   • kieltää jonkun testamentti ― to contest someone's last will

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".