Vaikuttaa

Translations

1. to influence, have an influence on, affect, have an effect on, impact, have an impact on [with illative]
   • Rankat sateet vaikuttivat selvästi järven vedenpinnan korkeuteen.
     • The heavy rainfall clearly had an effect on the water level of the lake.
   • Tämä vaikuttaa myös sinuun.
     • This will affect you too.
2. to have an effect on, act, work [with illative]
   • alkaa vaikuttaa ― to take effect, start working
   • Vaikuttiko antibiootti? / Kuinka nopeasti antibiootit vaikuttavat?
     • Did the antibiotic have any effect? / How fast do antibiotics take effect?
3. to appear (to be), seem (to be) [(with adjectives/participles) with ablative or allative; or (with verbs) with genitive or possessive form of present or past active participle ‘to do/have done’]
   • Synonym: näyttää
   • Hän vaikuttaa iloiselta.
     • S/he seems to be happy.
   • Hänellä vaikutti olevan kiire.
     • It appears he/she was busy.
   • Hänellä vaikutti olleen kiire.
     • It appears he/she had been busy.
4. (idiomatic, informal) to act as, to work as, to do [with essive] (to have as one's job)
   • Synonym: toimia
   • Hän vaikutti muutamia vuosia opettajana Oulussa.
     • For a few years, s/he worked as a teacher in Oulu.
   • Missä sinä nykyään vaikutat?
     • What are you doing nowadays?
5. (military) to engage (bring under fire, enter into conflict with)

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".