Laskea

Translations

1. (transitive) to lower, move down
   • Antonyms: nostaa, kohottaa
   1. (transitive) to put down, set down, lay down, lay
      • laskea verkko ― to set the fishnet
      • laskea putki ― to lay down a pipe
      • laskea vesille ― to launch (a watercraft)
2. (transitive, figuratively) to lower, decrease, bring down (e.g. prices or the amount of something) (atelic without a target)
   • Synonyms: alentaa, pienentää, vähentää
   • Antonyms: nostaa, kohottaa
3. (intransitive) to move down, fall, drop, come down
   • Synonym: laskeutua
   • Antonyms: nousta, kohota
   1. (e.g. of a road or hill) to slope down, descend, drop off
      • Synonym: viettää alas
   2. to slide down (by using some vehicle or instrument)
      • Synonyms: liukua alas, laskeutua
      • laskea kelkalla mäkeä ― to slide downhill with a sled
      • laskea suksilla mäkeä ― to ski downhill
   3. (of the Sun) to set (go below the horizon)
      • Antonym: nousta
   4. (of a river) to flow to a larger body of water
      • Synonym: virrata
      • Mississippi laskee Meksikon lahteen.
        • The Mississippi flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
   5. (nautical) to bear down, bear away (to sail away from the wind)
      • Synonyms: laskea tuuleen, (slang) fallata, fellata
   6. (nautical, of wind) to veer (shift in a clockwise direction)
      • Antonym: pakata
4. (intransitive, figuratively) to lower, decrease, come down (e.g. prices or the amount of something)
   • Synonyms: aleta, vähentyä, vähetä
   • Antonyms: nousta, kohota
5. (transitive) to let (now mostly confined to fixed phrases and the more specific subsenses)
   • Synonym: päästää
   • laskea sisään ― to let in
   • laskea ulos ― to let out
   • laskea karkuun ― to let escape
   • laskea menemään ― to let go (concretely; not in the sense "to dismiss/give notice to/fire")
   • laskea irti ― to let loose
   1. to (let) run, (let) flow
      • Synonyms: valuttaa, päästää
      • laskea vettä hanasta ― to run water from the tap
   2. to let out, issue, release (often with liikkeelle or liikkeeseen)
      • Synonyms: saattaa, päästää
   3. (of speech) to let out (of one's mouth), let flow
      • laskea leikkiä ― to joke, kid
6. (transitive) to count, tally, calculate
   1. to count, tally (the number of something)
   2. to count (enumerate numbers)
      • Laske yhdestä kymmeneen.
        • Count from one to ten.
   3. to calculate, compute
   4. to calculate, figure, estimate
      • Synonym: laskelmoida
   5. (figurative) to find, consider [with translative]
      • Synonym: pitää (+ partitive + essive)
      • Lasken sen eduksi.
        • I consider it an advantage.

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".