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Definition 2025
ahtaa
ahtaa
Finnish
(index ah)
Verb
ahtaa (transitive)
- to cram, stuff, fill, pack full
- Yritin ahtaa kirjat reppuun, mutta jouduin kantamaan ne käsin.
- I tried to cram the books into the bag, but I had to carry them in my hands.
- Yritin ahtaa kirjat reppuun, mutta jouduin kantamaan ne käsin.
- to supercharge (to increase the power of an internal combustion engine by compressing the inlet air)
- to turbocharge (to apply a turbocharger to increase the air pressure in the intake manifold of an engine)
Conjugation
| Inflection of ahtaa (Kotus type 56/kaivaa, t-d gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | ahdan | en ahda | 1st sing. | olen ahtanut | en ole ahtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | ahdat | et ahda | 2nd sing. | olet ahtanut | et ole ahtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | ahtaa | ei ahda | 3rd sing. | on ahtanut | ei ole ahtanut | |
| 1st plur. | ahdamme | emme ahda | 1st plur. | olemme ahtaneet | emme ole ahtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | ahdatte | ette ahda | 2nd plur. | olette ahtaneet | ette ole ahtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ahtavat | eivät ahda | 3rd plur. | ovat ahtaneet | eivät ole ahtaneet | |
| passive | ahdetaan | ei ahdeta | passive | on ahdettu | ei ole ahdettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | ahdoin | en ahtanut | 1st sing. | olin ahtanut | en ollut ahtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | ahdoit | et ahtanut | 2nd sing. | olit ahtanut | et ollut ahtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | ahtoi | ei ahtanut | 3rd sing. | oli ahtanut | ei ollut ahtanut | |
| 1st plur. | ahdoimme | emme ahtaneet | 1st plur. | olimme ahtaneet | emme olleet ahtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | ahdoitte | ette ahtaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte ahtaneet | ette olleet ahtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ahtoivat | eivät ahtaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat ahtaneet | eivät olleet ahtaneet | |
| passive | ahdettiin | ei ahdettu | passive | oli ahdettu | ei ollut ahdettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | ahtaisin | en ahtaisi | 1st sing. | olisin ahtanut | en olisi ahtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | ahtaisit | et ahtaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit ahtanut | et olisi ahtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | ahtaisi | ei ahtaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi ahtanut | ei olisi ahtanut | |
| 1st plur. | ahtaisimme | emme ahtaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme ahtaneet | emme olisi ahtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | ahtaisitte | ette ahtaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte ahtaneet | ette olisi ahtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ahtaisivat | eivät ahtaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat ahtaneet | eivät olisi ahtaneet | |
| passive | ahdettaisiin | ei ahdettaisi | passive | olisi ahdettu | ei olisi ahdettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | ahda | älä ahda | 2nd sing. | ole ahtanut | älä ole ahtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | ahtakoon | älköön ahtako | 3rd sing. | olkoon ahtanut | älköön olko ahtanut | |
| 1st plur. | ahtakaamme | älkäämme ahtako | 1st plur. | olkaamme ahtaneet | älkäämme olko ahtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | ahtakaa | älkää ahtako | 2nd plur. | olkaa ahtaneet | älkää olko ahtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ahtakoot | älkööt ahtako | 3rd plur. | olkoot ahtaneet | älkööt olko ahtaneet | |
| passive | ahdettakoon | älköön ahdettako | passive | olkoon ahdettu | älköön olko ahdettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | ahtanen | en ahtane | 1st sing. | lienen ahtanut | en liene ahtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | ahtanet | et ahtane | 2nd sing. | lienet ahtanut | et liene ahtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | ahtanee | ei ahtane | 3rd sing. | lienee ahtanut | ei liene ahtanut | |
| 1st plur. | ahtanemme | emme ahtane | 1st plur. | lienemme ahtaneet | emme liene ahtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | ahtanette | ette ahtane | 2nd plur. | lienette ahtaneet | ette liene ahtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ahtanevat | eivät ahtane | 3rd plur. | lienevät ahtaneet | eivät liene ahtaneet | |
| passive | ahdettaneen | ei ahdettane | passive | lienee ahdettu | ei liene ahdettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | ahtaa | present | ahtava | ahdettava | ||
| long 1st2 | ahtaakseen | past | ahtanut | ahdettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | ahtaessa | ahdettaessa | agent1, 3 | ahtama | |
| instructive | ahtaen | — | negative | ahtamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | ahtamassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. |
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| elative | ahtamasta | — | ||||
| illative | ahtamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | ahtamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | ahtamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | ahtaman | ahdettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | ahtaminen | ||||
| partitive | ahtamista | |||||
| 5th2 | ahtamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to cram, stuff/fill with): tupata, sulloa, työntää, tunkea, (colloquial) änkeä
- (to turbocharge): turboahtaa