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paistaa.

to cook (food) with heat

7 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈpɑi̯stɑːˣ/[ˈpɑ̝i̯s̠tɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  1. to cook (food) with heat to fry (cook in hot fat or oil)

    transitive
    Paistan itselleni munakkaan.
  2. to cook (food) with heat to bake (cook in an oven)

    transitive
    Kauanko lohta pitää paistaa uunissa?
  3. to cook (food) with heat to grill, barbecue

    informal · transitive
  4. to shine (of the sun)

    intransitive
    Tänään aurinko paistaa kirkkaasti.
  5. to shine (of the sun) to beam (e.g. of a face or an expression)

    figuratively · intransitive
    Hänen kasvonsa paistoivat.
  6. to shine (of the sun) to show, be evident or apparent

    figuratively · intransitive
    Hänestä paistaa varmuus.
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *paistadak, probably borrowed from Northwest Germanic *bājan-, from Proto-Germanic *bēaną.

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