Estää

Translations

1. (transitive) to prevent, forestall, preclude

   Synonym: ehkäistä

2. (transitive) to avert

   Synonym: välttää

3. (transitive) to prevent, stop, keep, hinder, obstruct, block someone [with elative of third infinitive ‘from doing’]
4. (transitive) to deter, impede, block someone [with elative of third infinitive ‘from doing’]

   Synonym: pidätellä

5. (transitive) to block (on social media)

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".