vastata

Estonian

Verb

vastata

1. Da-infinitive of vastama.

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vastat'ak, equivalent to vasta- (“against”) +‎ -ta.

• (to be responsible for, in charge for, accountable to): Semantic loan from Swedish ansvara, ultimately from French (e.g. responsable).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑstɑtɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑstɑtɑ
• Syllabification^(key): vas‧ta‧ta

Verb

vastata

1. (intransitive) to answer, to reply; to respond ((to) something = illative, to someone = allative)

   vastata kysymykseen ― to answer a question

   vastata syytteeseen ― to answer a legal complaint

   vastata puhelimeen ― to answer the phone (to pick up the phone)

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

   Ne eivät vastaa toisiaan.

   They're not equivalent.

4. (intransitive) to be responsible or liable (for = elative)

   Afrikassa naiset vastaavat maanviljelystä.

   In Africa, women are responsible for farming.

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

   Hän vastaa isälleen nuorempien sisariensa vahtimisesta.

   She accounts to her father for watching her younger sisters.

6. (intransitive) to be in charge of (+ elative) (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

References

Further reading

• “vastata”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

Anagrams

• satavat, tavasta, vastaat

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vastat'ak, equivalent to vasta +‎ -ta. Related to Finnish vastata.

Verb

vastata

1. to answer

Latin

Participle

vāstāta

1. inflection of vāstātus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

vāstātā

1. ablative feminine singular of vāstātus

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vastat'ak, equivalent to vasta +‎ -ta. Related to Finnish vastata.

Verb

vastata

1. to answer

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vastat'ak, equivalent to vasta +‎ -ta. 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