pidättää

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[edit] Finnish

(index pi)

[edit] Etymology

  • A factitive verb, derived from the verb pitää.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pi‧dät‧tää
  • Rhymes: idättää
  • IPA: /'pidætːæː(ʔ)/

[edit] Verb

pidättää

  1. (transitive, + partitive) To hold back, restrain, hinder, curb; to suppress; to suspend.
    ~ virantoimituksesta = to suspend (from office).
  2. (transitive, + partitive) To delay, detain, slow down, hold up.
  3. (transitive) To withhold, deduct (advance taxes).
  4. (transitive) To reserve (a right).
    Kaikki oikeudet pidätetään.
    All rights reserved.
  5. (transitive, + genitive-accusative) To arrest, book, lock up, apprehend, place under arrest, take into custody, put in detention, put under custody, detain (both in legal contexts and elsewhere).
  6. (transitive, physics) To absorb.

[edit] Usage notes

  • In the sense "to arrest, book" pidättää and vangita can be used synonymously in general language, but in a legal context pidättää means "to arrest (for a limited time)", whereas vangita means "to arrest or detain (for a longer time)".

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[edit] Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pi‧dät‧tää
  • Rhymes: idättää
  • IPA: /'pidætːæː/

[edit] Verb

pidättää

  1. Third-person singular indicative present form of pidättää.
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