Painaa
Painaa is a Finnish verb with several related senses connected to pressure, weight, and printing. The root pain- is linked to notions of force and weight, and the verb is transitive, commonly taking an object in the accusative.
- To press or push: used for applying physical pressure. Example: Hän painaa nappia. (He presses the
- To weigh: used when something has a certain weight. Example: Tämä kahvikuppi painaa noin 250 grammaa.
- To print or publish: used in printing contexts, such as mass-producing printed material. Example: Kustantaja painaa
- Idiomatic or metaphorical: painaa can express burden or mental weight, as in painaa mieleen, meaning to
Conjugation (present, examples)
- minä painan, sinä painat, hän painaa, me painamme, te painatte, he painavat.
Past tense forms include painoin, painoi, painoimme, painoitte, painoivat. The perfect form uses the auxiliary olla:
- painaminen, printing or pressing
In summary, painaa covers practical actions of pressing and weighing, as well as the printing industry