rääkätä — meaning in English

English meaning

• kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
• pine noun An evergreen coniferous tree with needle-like leaves, or the wood it produces.

Senses

rääkätä is used for these senses in English:

• kill (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
• pine (transitive) To inflict pain upon; to torment.

kill — full definition

1. verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
2. verb To stop, switch off, or put an end to something completely.
3. verb To cause severe pain, exhaustion, or distress — often used informally and not literally.
4. noun An act of killing, or the animal or target that has been killed.

pine — full definition

1. noun An evergreen coniferous tree with needle-like leaves, or the wood it produces.
2. verb To long for something painfully, especially someone absent, or to waste away from grief or longing.

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