Väittää

Translations

1. to claim, contend, assert, argue, maintain, allege [(with nominals) with translative; or (with verbs) with genitive or possessive form of present or past active participle ‘to do/have done’]
   • Heidän väitetään tappaneen lemmikkinsä.
     • They are alleged to have killed their pets.They allegedly killed their pets.
   • Väitätkö minua varkaaksi?
     • Are you claiming that I'm a thief?
2. to plead, allege, claim, maintain (to offer by way of excuse)
   • Synonyms: sanoa, selittää
   • Koska en halunnut osallistua bankettiin, väitin olevani sairas.
     • Not wishing to attend the banquet, I pleaded illness.
   • Et voi puolustautua väittämällä, että noudatit vain ohjeita.
     • It is no defence to plead that you were only obeying orders.
3. (logic) to predicate (assert or state as an attribute or quality of something)

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".