pidätellä — meaning in English

English meaning

detain verb To officially hold someone, preventing them from leaving.
deter verb To discourage someone from doing something, usually through fear of a consequence.
heft noun How heavy something feels when you hold it.
hold verb To grasp, carry, or support something with your hands or arms.
mask noun A covering worn over the face for disguise, protection, or costume.

pidätellä is used for these senses in English:

detain (transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
deter (transitive) To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
disincentivize (transitive) To discourage or demotivate by means of a disincentive.
heft (agriculture) To cause (milk) to be held in a cow's udder until the latter becomes hard and swollen, either by not milking the cow or by stopping up the teats, to make the cow look healthy; also, to cause (a cow) to have an udder in this condition.
hold (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
mask (transitive) To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.
prairie dog (slang, idiomatic, euphemistic) To struggle to hold back an involuntary bowel movement.