Täytää

Täytää is a Finnish verb meaning to make something full or to fill up with a substance or content. It is used for physical filling, such as filling a container with liquid or other material, and more abstract filling, such as filling a form, a space, or an amount of time. The sense often depends on the object and context, but the common thread is adding content until a desired level or capacity is reached.

In addition to literal filling, täyttää is used in phrases that describe occupying capacity or space. For example, a room can be filled with people, or a schedule can be filled with tasks. The verb is also used in expressions about time and activities intended to occupy or consume time.

A notable special meaning is related to age. In Finnish, täyttää is used to express turning a specified age: esimerkiksi täytän 18 vuotta means “I turn 18 years old.” This sense is widely used in both present and past contexts, such as täytin 21 vuotta (I turned 21).

Intransitively, the related verb täyttyä means “to become full” or “to be filled,” for example when a container or a space becomes full of content or people.

Grammatically, täytää is a regular Finnish verb. The present tense forms are täytän, täytät, täyttää, täytämme, täytätte, täyttävät; the past tense forms are täytin, täytit, täytti, täyimme, täytitte, täyttivät. The noun forms related to filling include täyte (filling, stuffing) and täyttyminen (becoming full).