riittää — meaning in English

English meaning

• do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
• suffice verb To be enough for a purpose or need.
• when adv Used to ask or refer to a point in time.

Senses

riittää is used for these senses in English:

• cut the mustard (intransitive, idiomatic) To achieve the expected standard; to be effective or good enough; to suffice.
• do (ambitransitive) To suffice.
• see through (transitive, idiomatic) To constitute ample supply for one for.
• suffice (intransitive) To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough.
• suffice (transitive) To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.
• suffice (archaic) To furnish; to supply adequately.
• too much An expression of satisfaction.
• when (often, humorous) That's enough: a command asking someone to stop adding something, especially an ingredient or portion of food or drink; used in, or as if in, literal response to 'Say when'.

do — full definition

1. verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
2. verb Used as a helping verb to form questions and negatives, or for emphasis.
3. verb To be sufficient or acceptable.
4. verb To fare or get on in a particular way.
5. noun A social event or party (informal, chiefly British).

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