tervehtiä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- accost verb To walk up to someone and speak to them in a forceful or unwelcome way.
- greet verb To welcome someone in a friendly way, in person or otherwise.
- hail noun Small, hard balls of ice that fall from the sky during a storm.
- salute noun A formal gesture of greeting or respect, such as raising a hand to the forehead.
Senses
tervehtiä is used for these senses in English:
- accost (transitive) To speak to first; to address; to greet.
- give the time of day (idiomatic, in the negative) To not acknowledge someone; to snub someone; to disrespect someone; to ignore someone.
- salute (ambitransitive) To make a gesture in honor of (someone or something).
accost — full definition
- verb To walk up to someone and speak to them in a forceful or unwelcome way.
- verb To lie right next to something else, touching its edge.
- verb To sail close along the coastline or edge of something.
- verb To come close to someone or something.
greet — full definition
- verb To welcome someone in a friendly way, in person or otherwise.
- verb To be perceived by someone as they arrive somewhere.
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