pelottaa
Finnish
Etymology
From pelko + -ttaa.
Verb
pelottaa
- (transitive, monopersonal) partitive + 3rd-person singular = to be afraid, to be scared.
- Minua pelottaa.
- I am afraid.
- I'm scared.
- Minua pelottaa.
- (transitive, + partitive) To frighten, to be intimidated or cowed by something.
- Hän pelottaa minua.
- She frightens me.
- Huijareita ei laki pelota.
- Con artists are not cowed by the law.
- Hän pelottaa minua.
- (transitive, + genitive singular or nominative plural) To scare.
- Kissa pelotti linnut tiehensä.
- The cat scared the birds away.
- Kissa pelotti linnut tiehensä.
Usage notes
The difference between the verbs pelätä, pelotella and pelottaa:
- pelätä refers to the feelings of the person who is afraid:
- Norsut pelkäävät hiiriä.
- Elephants are afraid of mice.
- Norsut pelkäävät hiiriä.
- pelotella refers to the activity of making others afraid:
- Hiiret pelottelevat norsuja.
- The mice are making the elephants afraid.
- Hiiret pelottelevat norsuja.
- pelottaa may mean either of the two, depending on the case of the object
- Hiiret pelottavat norsuja.
- Elephants are afraid of mice.
- Hiiri pelotti norsun tiehensä.
- The mouse scared the elephant away.
- Hiiret pelottavat norsuja.
Conjugation
| Inflection of pelottaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, tt-t gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | pelotan | en pelota | 1st sing. | olen pelottanut | en ole pelottanut | |
| 2nd sing. | pelotat | et pelota | 2nd sing. | olet pelottanut | et ole pelottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | pelottaa | ei pelota | 3rd sing. | on pelottanut | ei ole pelottanut | |
| 1st plur. | pelotamme | emme pelota | 1st plur. | olemme pelottaneet | emme ole pelottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | pelotatte | ette pelota | 2nd plur. | olette pelottaneet | ette ole pelottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | pelottavat | eivät pelota | 3rd plur. | ovat pelottaneet | eivät ole pelottaneet | |
| passive | pelotetaan | ei peloteta | passive | on pelotettu | ei ole pelotettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | pelotin | en pelottanut | 1st sing. | olin pelottanut | en ollut pelottanut | |
| 2nd sing. | pelotit | et pelottanut | 2nd sing. | olit pelottanut | et ollut pelottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | pelotti | ei pelottanut | 3rd sing. | oli pelottanut | ei ollut pelottanut | |
| 1st plur. | pelotimme | emme pelottaneet | 1st plur. | olimme pelottaneet | emme olleet pelottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | pelotitte | ette pelottaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte pelottaneet | ette olleet pelottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | pelottivat | eivät pelottaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat pelottaneet | eivät olleet pelottaneet | |
| passive | pelotettiin | ei pelotettu | passive | oli pelotettu | ei ollut pelotettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | pelottaisin | en pelottaisi | 1st sing. | olisin pelottanut | en olisi pelottanut | |
| 2nd sing. | pelottaisit | et pelottaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit pelottanut | et olisi pelottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | pelottaisi | ei pelottaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi pelottanut | ei olisi pelottanut | |
| 1st plur. | pelottaisimme | emme pelottaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme pelottaneet | emme olisi pelottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | pelottaisitte | ette pelottaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte pelottaneet | ette olisi pelottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | pelottaisivat | eivät pelottaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat pelottaneet | eivät olisi pelottaneet | |
| passive | pelotettaisiin | ei pelotettaisi | passive | olisi pelotettu | ei olisi pelotettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | pelota | älä pelota | 2nd sing. | ole pelottanut | älä ole pelottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | pelottakoon | älköön pelottako | 3rd sing. | olkoon pelottanut | älköön olko pelottanut | |
| 1st plur. | pelottakaamme | älkäämme pelottako | 1st plur. | olkaamme pelottaneet | älkäämme olko pelottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | pelottakaa | älkää pelottako | 2nd plur. | olkaa pelottaneet | älkää olko pelottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | pelottakoot | älkööt pelottako | 3rd plur. | olkoot pelottaneet | älkööt olko pelottaneet | |
| passive | pelotettakoon | älköön pelotettako | passive | olkoon pelotettu | älköön olko pelotettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | pelottanen | en pelottane | 1st sing. | lienen pelottanut | en liene pelottanut | |
| 2nd sing. | pelottanet | et pelottane | 2nd sing. | lienet pelottanut | et liene pelottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | pelottanee | ei pelottane | 3rd sing. | lienee pelottanut | ei liene pelottanut | |
| 1st plur. | pelottanemme | emme pelottane | 1st plur. | lienemme pelottaneet | emme liene pelottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | pelottanette | ette pelottane | 2nd plur. | lienette pelottaneet | ette liene pelottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | pelottanevat | eivät pelottane | 3rd plur. | lienevät pelottaneet | eivät liene pelottaneet | |
| passive | pelotettaneen | ei pelotettane | passive | lienee pelotettu | ei liene pelotettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | pelottaa | present | pelottava | pelotettava | ||
| long 1st2 | pelottaakseen | past | pelottanut | pelotettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | pelottaessa | pelotettaessa | agent1, 3 | pelottama | |
| instructive | pelottaen | — | negative | pelottamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | pelottamassa | — | 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. | ||
| elative | pelottamasta | — | ||||
| illative | pelottamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | pelottamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | pelottamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | pelottaman | pelotettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | pelottaminen | ||||
| partitive | pelottamista | |||||
| 5th2 | pelottamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to be afraid): pelätä, peljättää
- (to make afraid): pelotella, peljätellä
Derived terms
- pelotella
- pelotin
- pelottava
Anagrams
- lopettaa