pyrähtää

Pyörähtää is a Finnish verb that translates to "to spin," "to whirl," or "to twirl." It describes a motion where something rotates around its own axis or an external point. The word is commonly used in everyday language to describe various types of spinning movements.

For example, pyörähtää can refer to the action of a dancer twirling, a car spinning its wheels, or a small object rotating. It can also be used figuratively to describe something happening quickly or unexpectedly, such as "the situation pyörähti" meaning the situation took a sudden turn. The verb can be conjugated in different tenses and moods to indicate past, present, or future actions, as well as conditional or imperative states. It is a versatile word in the Finnish language, applicable to both literal and metaphorical spinning phenomena.