yllättää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- amaze verb To fill someone with great surprise or wonder.
- overtake verb To pass a slower vehicle, runner, or competitor ahead of you.
- rush verb To hurry or do something very quickly, sometimes carelessly.
- short adjective Not long in length, distance, or duration.
- strike verb To hit someone or something, often forcefully.
- surprise noun Something unexpected, or the feeling caused by it.
- waylay verb To hide and then attack someone by surprise.
Senses
yllättää is used for these senses in English:
- amaze To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise. [from 16th c.]
- beat up (obsolete) To attack suddenly; to alarm.
- overtake To take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away.
- rush (transitive, military) To swiftly attack without warning.
- short Unawares.
- strike (transitive) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- strike To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- surprise (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.
overtake — full definition
- verb To pass a slower vehicle, runner, or competitor ahead of you.
- verb To become larger, better, or more important than something else.
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