pakastaa.
to freeze (food, etc.) to a low (around –20 °C) for long-term storage; to deep-freeze
Meaning & usage
to freeze (food, etc.) to a low (around –20 °C) for long-term storage; to deep-freeze
to freeze, get colder (to drop below zero °C)
Taitaa vähän pakastaa.
Where this word comes from
pakkas- (“frost, subzero temperature”) + -taa; compare ukkostaa. The sense “to freeze (food)” was the winner of a competition held by Paulig in 1942 to find a replacement for the technical term syväjäädyttää (similarly the noun pakaste for earlier syväjäädytystuote).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.