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Pelätä

Verb type: 4

Translations

  1. (transitive, usually atelic) to fear, dread, be afraid of [with first infinitive ‘doing’]
    • pelätä kuollakseen ― to fear for one's life
    • pelätä pahinta ― to fear the worst
    • Norsut pelkäävät hiiriä.
      • The elephants are afraid of mice.
    • Pelkään katsella alas korkeilta paikoilta.
      • I'm afraid of looking down from high places.
    • Hän pelkää kuollakseen krokotiilejä.
      • He has a deadly fear of crocodiles.
    • Pelkäsin kuollakseni krokotiilejä.
      • I was deadly afraid of crocodiles.

Conjugations

Indicative Conjugations

The present, imperfect, perfect, and pluperfect (past perfect) tenses in English correspond to "speaks", "spoke", "has spoken", and "had spoken".

Present tense conjugation chart

Past tense conjugation chart

Perfect tense conjugation chart

Pluperfect tense conjugation chart

Conditional Conjugations

The conditional present and perfect moods in English typically correspond to "would" and "would have".

Present tense conjugation chart

Perfect tense conjugation chart