hurry

Finnish translation: kiirehdi!

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English term or phrase:hurry
Finnish translation:kiirehdi!
Entered by: Alfa Trans (X)

23:02 Apr 15, 2005
English to Finnish translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Other / story writing
English term or phrase: hurry
daughter is wring a story and just need the word 'hurry' in finnish
rascal
Kiirehdi!
Explanation:
If it is an order (an imperative form of the verb, as it mostly is), then the translation that first comes to mind is "Kiirehdi!" or "Pidä kiirettä!"
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Local time: 13:37
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5 +1kiire
Desmond O'Rourke
4 +2Kiirehdi!
Alfa Trans (X)
4 +1pidä kiirettä!
Kjelle


  

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kiire


Explanation:
hurry (haste), kiire
in a hurry, kiireesti
hurry! (hurry up!) äkkiä nyt!
hurriedly, hätäisesti

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Desmond O'Rourke
United States
Local time: 07:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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Kiirehdi!


Explanation:
If it is an order (an imperative form of the verb, as it mostly is), then the translation that first comes to mind is "Kiirehdi!" or "Pidä kiirettä!"

Alfa Trans (X)
Local time: 13:37
Native speaker of: Finnish
PRO pts in category: 19
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agree  Simo Blom
9 days
  -> Kiitos, Simo!

agree  Robert Donahue (X)
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  -> Kiitos, Robert!
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pidä kiirettä!


Explanation:
for... hurry!

Kjelle
Local time: 12:37
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 4

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