hoitaa

Hoitaa is a Finnish verb meaning to take care of, to look after, to attend to, or to manage. It is a transitive verb, used when someone performs care or attention toward a person, a task, an object, or a situation. The infinitive form is hoitaa, and in ordinary present tense third-person singular it also appears as hoitaa (for example, Hän hoitaa potilasta).

Common uses include caregiving and service tasks as well as handling matters or responsibilities. Examples: hoitaa potilasta (to take care of a patient), hoitaa lapsia (to look after children), hoitaa asiakkaat (to attend to customers), hoitaa asiat (to handle matters). There is also the idiomatic phrase hoitaa kuntoon (to bring something into order or to fix things up).

Conjugation basics in the present tense: minä hoidan, sinä hoidat, hän hoitaa, me hoidamme, te hoidatte, he hoitavat. The past tense is hoiti, and the passive form is hoidetaan. The perfect form commonly appears as olen hoitanut (I have taken care of) or on hoitanut lapsia (has/have looked after children), depending on the subject and context.

Etymology and related forms: hoitaa is related to the noun hoito, meaning care or treatment, and reflects the broader Finnish care-related vocabulary around caregiving, services, and administration. A related verb with a broader emotional sense is huolehtia, which more often means to worry about or to be responsible for something.

In usage, hoitaa generally emphasizes active, concrete care or management of someone or something, while huolehtia centers more on responsibility or concern.