Särkyä

Translations

1. to break, shatter, smash (separate into pieces, to fracture or crack)
   • Synonyms: hajota, mennä rikki, rikkoutua
   • särkyä sirpaleiksi ― to shatter into shards
   • Jos maljakko putoaa lattialle, se voi särkyä.

     If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.

2. (of a voice) to crack, break (change rapidly in register)
3. (sound engineering) to crack, crackle, be distorted (e.g. of loud noises or of audio mixed at too high an audio level)
4. (colloquial) to break down (fail or cease to function)
   • Synonyms: hajota, mennä rikki, rikkoutua
   • Pelkään, että tietokoneeni särkyy, jos käytän sitä saunassa.

     I am afraid my computer will break down if I use it in the sauna.

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".