The Finnish word for to wash is
pestä
Translations for to wash and their definitions
| pesu | |
| 1. n. wash, washing |
| pestä | |
| 1. v. To wash. | |
| ~ astiat = to do the dishes. | |
| ~ pyykkiä = to wash clothes, do the laundry. | |
| 2. v. To launder. | |
| ~ rahaa = to launder money. | |
| 3. v. (colloquial) to win |
| tiskata | |
| 1. v. To wash (the dishes). |
| pyykätä | |
| 1. v. To wash (the laundry). |
| sävyttää | |
| 1. v. dye (to colour with dye) | |
| 2. v. tint |
| lape | |
| 1. n. The flat of a blade. | |
| 2. n. edge | |
| 3. n. periphery |
| huuhtouma | |
| 1. n. wash (ground washed away to the sea or a river) |
| pyykki | |
| 1. n. laundry (that which needs to be laundered). | |
| Olet jättänyt likapyykkiäsi ympäri taloa. | |
| You've left your dirty laundry all over the house. | |
| 2. n. A post that is used to mark something, especially a border or limit. |
| huuhtoutua | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To be washed/rinsed/eroded (away). |
| tasapeli | |
| 1. n. draw, tie |
| jättöpyörre | |
| 1. n. (aviation) wash (turbulence left by an airplane) |
| silata | |
| 1. v. to plate |
| huuhtoa | |
| 1. v. To wash, rinse (to move by the force of water in motion). | |
| 2. v. To wash (to separate valuable material). |
| kouru | |
| 1. n. chute, gutter |
| särkkä | |
| 1. n. (nautical) bank, sandbank (underwater formation of loose sand or gravel, often a shifting one) |
| laveeraus | |
| 1. n. (arts) wash (smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint) | |
| 2. n. wash (the technique applied to produce such paintings) |
| vakuuttaa | |
| 1. v. To assert, assure, convince. | |
| 2. v. To reassure. | |
| 3. v. To insure (property for cases of an accident, theft or another undesirable event). |
| peseytyä | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) to wash oneself, wash up |
| matalikko | |
| 1. n. A wash (area of shallow water). | |
| 2. n. A bank, as an elevation or rising ground under the sea. |
| kohina | |
| 1. n. wash (the sound of the breaking seas) | |
| 2. n. any similar dull, continuous sound | |
| 3. n. (physics) noise (random fluctuation) |
| mäski | |
| 1. n. (brewing) mash |
| huuhde | |
| 1. n. fabric softener | |
| 2. n. wash (liquid used for washing) |
| jokiuoma | |
| 1. n. riverbed |
| vanavesi | |
| 1. n. wake (of a ship) |
| peräaalto | |
| 1. n. The wash (wake of a ship), specifically the large waves produced. |
| kastella | |
| 1. v. to wet (to cover or impregnate with liquid) | |
| 2. v. to wet (to urinate accidentally in or on) | |
| 3. v. to irrigate (to supply farmland with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.) | |
| 4. v. to water (plants, flowers) |
| pesuneste | |
| 1. n. washing liquid |
| kostuttaa | |
| 1. v. To moisten. |
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