Kiertää

Translations

1. (transitive) to turn, twist, screw, rotate

   Synonym: pyörittää

2. (transitive) to roll (up)

   Synonyms: kääriä, kierittää

3. (transitive) to wind, wrap

   Synonyms: kääriä, kietoa

4. (transitive) to circle, go around, circumvent, round

   Synonyms: kulkea ympäri, kaartaa

   kiertää kaukaa ― to give a wide berth to, keep one's distance from, steer clear of, stay away from

5. (transitive, usually atelic or intransitive) to roam, rove, wander

   Synonyms: kierrellä, vaeltaa, kuljeskella, kulkea ympäri

6. (transitive, usually atelic) to orbit (e.g. of a satellite)

   Synonym: kulkea ympäri

7. (transitive) to surround, encircle

   Synonyms: ympäröidä, saartaa

8. (transitive) to round, turn past
9. (transitive) to circumvent, evade, dodge, avoid

   Synonyms: vältellä, karttaa

   kiertää lakia ― to dodge the law

   kiertää veroja ― to evade taxes

10. (transitive) to circumvent, get around/past

    Synonym: ohittaa

11. (intransitive) to spin, turn, revolve

    Synonym: pyöriä

12. (intransitive, of piston) to reciprocate
13. (intransitive, of blood in vessels) to circulate
14. (intransitive) to go around (from person to person)

    Synonym: kierrellä

15. (intransitive) to make the rounds, do the rounds (to circulate from one place to another)

    Sen julkkiksen alastonkuvat ovat kiertäneet iltapäivälehdissä.

    The naked photos of that celebrity have been making the rounds in the tabloids.

16. (intransitive) to make the rounds, do the rounds (to go from one place to another for a particular reason)

    Sairaalan lääkärit tarkastavat potilaat, kun he kiertävät yhdeksältä.

    The doctors at the hospital check on the patients when they make the rounds at nine o'clock.

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".