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pilata.

to spoil, ruin, blight, destroy (to cause the ruin of)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈpilɑtɑˣ/[ˈpilɑ̝t̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]
  1. to spoil, ruin, blight, destroy (to cause the ruin of)

    transitive
    pilata mahdollisuutensa
  2. to damage, mar (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction)

    transitive
  3. to foil, scupper, thwart (to prevent something from being accomplished)

    transitive
    pilata suunnitelma
  4. to blemish, soil, dirty (to spoil the appearance of)

    transitive
    Mädät tomaatit pilasivat pukuni.
  5. to contaminate (to introduce impurities or foreign matter)

    transitive
    Myrkyllinen vuoto pilasi juomavetemme vuosiksi.
  6. to spoil (to coddle or pamper to excess)

    transitive
  7. to cook

    Internet · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *pilat'ak (compare Karelian pilata, Votic pilatõ), possibly borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (compare Old Norse bila (“to fail”)).

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