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Definition 2024
pilata
pilata
Finnish
Verb
pilata
- To spoil, ruin, blight, destroy (to cause the ruin of).
- pilata mahdollisuutensa
- to destroy one's chances
- pilata mahdollisuutensa
- To damage or mar (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction).
- To foil, scupper, thwart (to prevent something from being accomplished).
- pilata suunnitelma
- to thwart a plan
- pilata suunnitelma
- To blemish, soil (to spoil the appearance of).
- Mädät tomaatit pilasivat pukuni.
- The rotten tomatoes blemished my suit.
- Mädät tomaatit pilasivat pukuni.
- To contaminate (to introduce impurities or foreign matter).
- Myrkyllinen vuoto pilasi juomavetemme vuosiksi.
- A poisonous leak contaminated our drinking water for years to come.
- Myrkyllinen vuoto pilasi juomavetemme vuosiksi.
- To bugger up, mess up, muck up (mild slang expressions for ruining or spoiling things).
- To bugger, cock up, **** up, **** up (obscene slang expressions for ruining or spoiling things).
- To spoil (to coddle or pamper to excess).
Conjugation
| Inflection of pilata (Kotus type 73/salata, no gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | pilaan | en pilaa | 1st sing. | olen pilannut | en ole pilannut | |
| 2nd sing. | pilaat | et pilaa | 2nd sing. | olet pilannut | et ole pilannut | |
| 3rd sing. | pilaa | ei pilaa | 3rd sing. | on pilannut | ei ole pilannut | |
| 1st plur. | pilaamme | emme pilaa | 1st plur. | olemme pilanneet | emme ole pilanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | pilaatte | ette pilaa | 2nd plur. | olette pilanneet | ette ole pilanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | pilaavat | eivät pilaa | 3rd plur. | ovat pilanneet | eivät ole pilanneet | |
| passive | pilataan | ei pilata | passive | on pilattu | ei ole pilattu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | pilasin | en pilannut | 1st sing. | olin pilannut | en ollut pilannut | |
| 2nd sing. | pilasit | et pilannut | 2nd sing. | olit pilannut | et ollut pilannut | |
| 3rd sing. | pilasi | ei pilannut | 3rd sing. | oli pilannut | ei ollut pilannut | |
| 1st plur. | pilasimme | emme pilanneet | 1st plur. | olimme pilanneet | emme olleet pilanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | pilasitte | ette pilanneet | 2nd plur. | olitte pilanneet | ette olleet pilanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | pilasivat | eivät pilanneet | 3rd plur. | olivat pilanneet | eivät olleet pilanneet | |
| passive | pilattiin | ei pilattu | passive | oli pilattu | ei ollut pilattu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | pilaisin | en pilaisi | 1st sing. | olisin pilannut | en olisi pilannut | |
| 2nd sing. | pilaisit | et pilaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit pilannut | et olisi pilannut | |
| 3rd sing. | pilaisi | ei pilaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi pilannut | ei olisi pilannut | |
| 1st plur. | pilaisimme | emme pilaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme pilanneet | emme olisi pilanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | pilaisitte | ette pilaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte pilanneet | ette olisi pilanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | pilaisivat | eivät pilaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat pilanneet | eivät olisi pilanneet | |
| passive | pilattaisiin | ei pilattaisi | passive | olisi pilattu | ei olisi pilattu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | pilaa | älä pilaa | 2nd sing. | ole pilannut | älä ole pilannut | |
| 3rd sing. | pilatkoon | älköön pilatko | 3rd sing. | olkoon pilannut | älköön olko pilannut | |
| 1st plur. | pilatkaamme | älkäämme pilatko | 1st plur. | olkaamme pilanneet | älkäämme olko pilanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | pilatkaa | älkää pilatko | 2nd plur. | olkaa pilanneet | älkää olko pilanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | pilatkoot | älkööt pilatko | 3rd plur. | olkoot pilanneet | älkööt olko pilanneet | |
| passive | pilattakoon | älköön pilattako | passive | olkoon pilattu | älköön olko pilattu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | pilannen | en pilanne | 1st sing. | lienen pilannut | en liene pilannut | |
| 2nd sing. | pilannet | et pilanne | 2nd sing. | lienet pilannut | et liene pilannut | |
| 3rd sing. | pilannee | ei pilanne | 3rd sing. | lienee pilannut | ei liene pilannut | |
| 1st plur. | pilannemme | emme pilanne | 1st plur. | lienemme pilanneet | emme liene pilanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | pilannette | ette pilanne | 2nd plur. | lienette pilanneet | ette liene pilanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | pilannevat | eivät pilanne | 3rd plur. | lienevät pilanneet | eivät liene pilanneet | |
| passive | pilattaneen | ei pilattane | passive | lienee pilattu | ei liene pilattu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | pilata | present | pilaava | pilattava | ||
| long 1st2 | pilatakseen | past | pilannut | pilattu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | pilatessa | pilattaessa | agent1, 3 | pilaama | |
| instructive | pilaten | — | negative | pilaamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | pilaamassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. |
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| elative | pilaamasta | — | ||||
| illative | pilaamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | pilaamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | pilaamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | pilaaman | pilattaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | pilaaminen | ||||
| partitive | pilaamista | |||||
| 5th2 | pilaamaisillaan | |||||
Usage notes
While there is a wide choice of words to describe nuances, pilata can almost always be translated as to spoil.
Synonyms
- (to spoil etc.): raunioittaa, tuhota, tärvätä
- (to damage etc.): vahingoittaa, vaurioittaa
- (to foil): estää, torpata
- (to blemish): kolhia, sotata, sotkea
- (to contaminate): saastuttaa
- (to mess up): ryssiä
- (to **** up): tehdä päin helvettiä/persettä/vittua
- (to pamper to excess): hemmotella
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
pīlāta
- nominative feminine singular of pīlātus
- nominative neuter plural of pīlātus
- accusative neuter plural of pīlātus
- vocative feminine singular of pīlātus
- vocative neuter plural of pīlātus
pīlātā
- ablative feminine singular of pīlātus
References
- PILATA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)