Kieltää

Translations

1. to forbid, prohibit, disallow, ban [with elative of third infinitive ‘from doing’]

   Kielsin lastani juoksemasta kadulle.

   I forbade my child to run into the street.

2. to deny, controvert, dispute, contest (argue that something is not the case)

   Synonym: kiistää

   Kiellän tehneeni mitään väärää!

   I deny having done anything wrong!

3. to renounce (also in a religious sense), to repudiate

   Synonym: hylätä

   Hän kielsi poikansa.

   (S)he renounced/repudiated her son.

   Hän kielsi Jumalan.

   He renounced God.

4. (law) to contest

   Synonyms: hylätä, moittia, riitauttaa

   kieltää jonkun testamentti ― to contest someone's last will

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".