The Finnish word for jam is
hillo
Translations for jam and their definitions
| juuttua | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To get stuck/caught/jammed. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) ~ karille = to beset, to get stuck aground. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) ~ omiin ajatuksiinsa = to get lost in one's own thoughts. |
| hillo | |
| 1. n. jam, jelly | |
| 2. n. (slang) money |
| pula | |
| 1. n. shortage | |
| 2. n. (economy) An economic crisis characterized by shortage of goods and/or means to buy them; a depression, slump. | |
| 3. n. urgent situation, scrape, pinch, deep water |
| häiritä | |
| 1. v. to disturb, bother, bug | |
| Ei saa häiritä. | |
| Do not disturb. | |
| 2. v. to disrupt |
| tukos | |
| 1. n. block, jam |
| jammata | |
| 1. v. (music) To jam. |
| jamit | |
| 1. n. (plurale tantum) | |
| 2. n. (music) jam session |
| tunkea | |
| 1. v. To cram, squeeze. |
| iskeä | |
| 1. v. to strike, hit | |
| 2. v. to attack | |
| 3. v. to crack down (to enforce more stringently or more thoroughly) | |
| Viranomaiset yrittävät iskeä pyhien aikana rattijuopumukseen. | |
| The authorities are trying to crack down on drunk driving during the holidays. | |
| 4. v. to hit on, flirt (to try to get someone romantically interested in oneself) |
| donkkaus | |
| 1. n. (basketball) dunking | |
| 2. n. (basketball, coloquial) dunk shot |
| tukkia | |
| 1. n. partitive singular form of tukki | |
| 2. n. partitive plural form of tukka | |
| 3. v. To block, bar, obstruct. | |
| 4. v. tukkia suu: to muzzle |
| pinne | |
| 1. n. (rare) Any device or part that keeps something in its place through tension (as contrasted with e.g. weight or friction), such as a clamp or clip. | |
| 2. n. (pathology) A condition in which a nerve is pressed by other body parts causing pain, cramps or other symptoms. | |
| 3. n. A difficult situation, jam, bind. In this sense only used in inessive, elative and illative cases in set expressions. | |
| olla pinteessä = to be in a difficult situation | |
| joutua pinteeseen = to get into a difficult situation | |
| päästä pinteestä = to get out of a difficult situation |
| ruuhka | |
| 1. n. A jam (blockage, congestion). | |
| 2. n. A traffic jam. |
| jammailla | |
| 1. v. (music) To jam. |
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