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Laskea

Verb type: 1

Translations

  1. (transitive) to lower, move down
    Antonyms: nostaa, kohottaa
    1. (transitive) to put down, set down, lay down, lay
      laskea verkko ― to set the fishnet
      laskea putki ― to lay down a pipe
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to lower, decrease, bring down (e.g. prices or the amount of something)
    Synonyms: alentaa, pienentää, vähentää
    Antonyms: nostaa, kohottaa
  3. (intransitive) to move down, fall, drop, come down
    Synonym: laskeutua
    Antonyms: nousta, kohota
    1. (e.g. of a road or hill) to slope down, descend, drop off
      Synonym: viettää alas
    2. to slide down (by using some vehicle or instrument)
      Synonyms: liukua alas, laskeutua
      laskea kelkalla mäkeä ― to slide downhill with a sled
      laskea suksilla mäkeä ― to ski downhill
    3. (of the Sun) to set (go below the horizon)
      Antonym: nousta
    4. (of a river) to flow to a larger body of water
      Synonym: virrata
      Mississippi laskee Meksikon lahteen.
      The Mississippi flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
    5. (nautical) to bear down, bear away (to sail away from the wind)
      Synonyms: laskea tuuleen, (slang) fallata, fellata
    6. (nautical, of wind) to veer (shift in a clockwise direction)
      Antonym: pakata
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) to lower, decrease, come down (e.g. prices or the amount of something)
    Synonyms: aleta, vähentyä, vähetä
    Antonyms: nousta, kohota
  5. (transitive) to let (now mostly confined to fixed phrases and the more specific subsenses)
    Synonym: päästää
    laskea sisään ― to let in
    laskea ulos ― to let out
    laskea karkuun ― to let escape
    laskea menemään ― to let go (concretely; not in the sense "to dismiss/give notice to/fire")
    laskea irti ― to let loose
    1. to (let) run, (let) flow
      Synonyms: valuttaa, päästää
      laskea vettä hanasta ― to run water from the tap
    2. to let out, issue, release (often with liikkeelle or liikkeeseen)
      Synonyms: saattaa, päästää
    3. (of speech) to let out (of one's mouth), let flow
      laskea leikkiä ― to joke, kid
  6. (transitive) to count, tally, calculate
    1. to count, tally (the number of something)
    2. to count (enumerate numbers)
      Laske yhdestä kymmeneen.
      Count from one to ten.
    3. to calculate, compute
    4. to calculate, figure, estimate
      Synonym: laskelmoida
    5. (figurative) to find, consider (+ translative)
      Synonym: pitää (+ partitive + essive)
      Lasken sen eduksi.
      I consider it an advantage.

Conjugations

Indicative Conjugations

The present, imperfect, perfect, and pluperfect (past perfect) tenses in English correspond to "speaks", "spoke", "has spoken", and "had spoken".

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Conditional Conjugations

The conditional present and perfect moods in English typically correspond to "would" and "would have".

Present tense conjugation chart

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