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Tunnustaa

Verb type: 1

Translations

  1. (transitive) to confess, concede (admit to the truth, particularly in the context of something negative)
    • Near-synonym: myöntää
    • tunnustaa syntinsä ― to confess one's sins
    • tunnustaa rikos ― to confess a crime
    • tunnustaa tappionsa ― to concede defeat
  2. (law, transitive) to plead guilty
  3. (transitive) to recognize (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
  4. (transitive) to nostrify, nostrificate (to grant recognition to a degree from a foreign university)
  5. (dialectal, transitive, usually atelic) to feel, fumble, grope
  6. (card games, transitive, usually atelic) to follow (suit)

Conjugations

Indicative Conjugations

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

Present tense conjugation chart

Past tense conjugation chart

Perfect tense conjugation chart

Pluperfect tense conjugation chart

Conditional Conjugations

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

Present tense conjugation chart

Perfect tense conjugation chart