tavata

Verb

tavata

1. (transitive + accusative) to meet

   Tapaan hänet teatterin edessä.

   I'll meet her in front of the theater.

2. (transitive) to find, to catch

   Mutta jos teidät vielä tavataan tappelemasta, tulkitsen sen yksiselitteisesti tottelemattomuudeksi.

   But if you are found fighting another time, I will unequivocally interpret that as disobedience.

3. (transitive) to meet, to reach, to touch.

   Nostin jalkaa, kunnes se tapasi kynnyksen.

   I rose my leg until it met the threshold.

   Käsi tapaa ovenkahvaa. Se ei hievahdakaan.

   Hand touches the door handle. It doesn't move the slightest.

4. (intransitive, + illative) to touch, feel.

   Hän työnsi kätensä tyynyn alle ja tapasi johonkin kovaan.

   She put her hand under the pillow and felt something hard.

Verb

tavata

1. (transitive, auxiliary, + infinitive) To have a habit (of doing something), to usually (do) (something), used to (do) (something) (past tense sense), to tend to be

   Lapsuudessa tapasin syödä aamuisin leipää ja kaakaota.

   I used to have bread and cocoa in the morning in my childhood.

   Meitä tavattiin kutsua onnenlinnuiksi.

   We used to be called lucky birds.

   Tapaan syödä myöhään illalla.

   I tend to eat late in the evening.

Synonyms

• (colloquial) tupata (“to tend (to be in certain manner)”)

Verb

tavata

1. (transitive) To spell (a word; to pronounce a word letter by letter).
2. (transitive) To decipher (to read obscure or almost illegible text).

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