lastaavat

Lastaavat is a Finnish verb form meaning “they load” or “are loading.” It is the third-person plural present indicative of the verb lasta, which means to load or to place cargo onto a vehicle, container, or similar receptacle. The form is commonly used to describe actions performed by machines, workers, or processes that handle loading tasks.

Grammatically, lastaavat is built from the stem lasta- combined with the personal ending -vat, which is the standard present tense ending for third-person plural in Finnish. The word appears in contexts such as logistics, shipping, construction, and manufacturing, where equipment or personnel are responsible for moving goods into or onto transport and storage systems. An example sentence is: Koneet lastaavat rahtia lastirakenteisiin, meaning “The machines are loading cargo into the loading frames.”

In Finnish, related forms include the noun lastaus, meaning loading or loading operation, and the agent noun lantaaja or lestaaja in some dialects, though more common is the compound form such as lastauslaitteet for loading equipment. The present participle form lastava can function as an adjective meaning “loading” (as in lastava kone, a loading machine) or as a noun in some constructions.

See also: Lastaus, Lastaaja, Finnish verbs of loading.