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levittää

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *levittädäk. Equivalent to levitä + -ttää.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleʋitːæːˣ/, [ˈle̞ʋit̪ːæː(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -eʋitːæː
  • Syllabification(key): le‧vit‧tää
  • Hyphenation(key): le‧vit‧tää

Verb

levittää (transitive)

  1. to spread, spread out
    Levitä tätä voita leivälle, niin laihdut!
    Spread this butter on your bread and you'll lose weight!
  2. to roll out
    levittää punainen mattoto roll out the red carpet
  3. to apply (by spreading; e.g. paint, lotion, cream)
  4. to diffuse
  5. to widen, expand; extend
  6. to propagate, disseminate, disperse
    Levittävätkö he uutta aatetta?
    Are they propagating a new ideology?
  7. to distribute (e.g. movie or music copies)
  8. (figuratively) to peddle (to spread or cause to spread)

Conjugation

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