vasta.
Expressing delay or that something takes place later; not ... until, only, but
Meaning & usage
Expressing delay or that something takes place later; not ... until, only, but
Hänen piti tulla tänään, mutta hän tuleekin vasta ylihuomenna.
Ota ensin asioista selvää, ja puhu vasta sitten!
Expressing that something happened only recently; newly, freshly, just
vasta leivottu
vasta äsken
Expressing disappointment or frustration in a task; only
Hän oli tässä kilpailussa vasta kolmantena.
Olen edennyt vasta vähän kaikista ponnisteluistani huolimatta.
An emphatic word used after a demonstrative pronoun.
Ja se vasta kummallista onkin!
Where this word comes from
< vasta- (“counter-; just, recently, freshly”)
bath broom, a kind of whip made of birch twigs and used in the sauna to enhance the effect of heat by gently beating oneself with it.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Old East Slavic хвостъ (xvostŭ), or alternatively borrowed from North Germanic (compare Swedish kvast). Related to Ingrian vasta, Karelian vašta, Ludian vast and Veps vast.
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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.