Kiertää

Translations

1. (transitive) to turn, twist, screw, rotate
   • Synonym: pyörittää
2. (transitive) to roll (up)
   • Synonyms: kääriä, kierittää
3. (transitive) to wind, wrap
   • Synonyms: kääriä, kietoa
4. (transitive) to circle, go around, circumvent, round
   • Synonyms: kulkea ympäri, kaartaa
   • kiertää kaukaa ― to give a wide berth to, keep one's distance from, steer clear of, stay away from
5. (transitive, usually atelic or intransitive) to roam, rove, wander
   • Synonyms: kierrellä, vaeltaa, kuljeskella, kulkea ympäri
6. (transitive, usually atelic) to orbit (e.g. of a satellite)
   • Synonym: kulkea ympäri
7. (transitive) to surround, encircle
   • Synonyms: ympäröidä, saartaa
8. (transitive) to round, turn past
9. (transitive) to circumvent, evade, dodge, avoid
   • Synonyms: vältellä, karttaa
   • kiertää lakia ― to dodge the law
   • kiertää veroja ― to evade taxes
10. (transitive) to circumvent, get around/past
    • Synonym: ohittaa
11. (intransitive) to spin, turn, revolve
    • Synonym: pyöriä
12. (intransitive, of piston) to reciprocate
13. (intransitive, of blood in vessels) to circulate
14. (intransitive) to go around (from person to person)
    • Synonym: kierrellä
15. (intransitive) to make the rounds, do the rounds (to circulate from one place to another)
    • Sen julkkiksen alastonkuvat ovat kiertäneet iltapäivälehdissä.
      • The naked photos of that celebrity have been making the rounds in the tabloids.
16. (intransitive) to make the rounds, do the rounds (to go from one place to another for a particular reason)
    • Sairaalan lääkärit tarkastavat potilaat, kun he kiertävät yhdeksältä.
      • The doctors at the hospital check on the patients when they make the rounds at nine o'clock.

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".