Finnish

(index VA)

Verb

vastata

1. (intransitive + illative) to answer (someone or something), to reply to; to respond to.

   vastata kysymykseen

   to answer a question

   vastata syytteeseen

   to answer a legal complaint

2. (intransitive + illative) to react, to counter, to respond (to take action in response to).
3. (transitive + partitive) to correspond to, be similar to, be equivalent to.

   Ne eivät vastaa toisiaan.

   They're not equivalent.

4. (intransitive + elative) to be responsible for, be liable for.

   Afrikassa naiset vastaavat maanviljelystä.

   In Africa, women are responsible for farming.

5. (intransitive + allative) to account to (to be accountable or responsible to)

   Hän vastaa isälleen nuorempien sisariensa vahtimisesta.

   She accounts to her father for watching her younger sisters.

6. (intransitive + elative) to be in charge (to have the responsibility of leading or overseeing)

   Hän jätti tyttärensä vastaamaan nuorempien sisariensa vahtimisesta.

   He left his daughter in charge of watching her younger sisters.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to be in charge): olla vastuussa

Derived terms

• nouns: vastaavuus, vastaus, vastuu

Anagrams

• satavat, tavasta, vastaat

Latin

Participle

vastāta

1. nominative feminine singular of vastātus
2. nominative neuter plural of vastātus
3. accusative neuter plural of vastātus
4. vocative feminine singular of vastātus
5. vocative neuter plural of vastātus

vastātā

1. ablative feminine singular of vastātus

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish vastata.

Verb

vastata

1. to answer
2. to meet

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “встречать, отвечать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika