🇬🇧 en fi 🇫🇮

can noun

  /ˈkæn/ , /ˈkæːn/ , [ˈkeən]
  • A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
 säilyketölkki, kastelukannu
  • A more or less cylindrical and often metal container or vessel.
 purkki
  • (US, slang) Buttocks.
 takamus
  • (US, slang) a toilet or lavatory.
 vessa

can verb

  /ˈkæn/ , /ˈkæːn/ , [ˈkeən]
  • To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
 hylätä
  • (US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee.
 potkaista
  • To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
 purkittaa
  • (transitive, slang) To shut up.
 tukkia

can verb

  /kən/ , /ˈkæn/ , /ˈkɛn/ , [kʰn̩] , [kʰən] , [ˈkʰan] , [ˈkʰæn] , [ˈkʰɛən ~ ˈkʰeən] , [ˈkʰɛːn] , [ˈkʰɛˑn]
  • (auxiliary, _, verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
 voida, osata, pystyä
  • (modal, _, auxiliary, _, verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
 voida, saada

canned adjective

  /kænd/
  • (slang) Drunk.
 humalassa, kännissä
  • Preserved in cans.
 purkitettu, säilyke-, tölkki-

canning noun

  /ˈkænɪŋ/
  • The process of preserving food by heat processing in a sealed vessel (a jar or can).
 purkittaminen
garbage can
roskakori, jäteastia, roskapönttö, roskis, roskalaatikko, roskasäiliö
watering can
kastelukannu
you can say that again
aivan, sanopa muuta, totta töriset, älä muuta viserrä
tin can
tölkki
more than one can shake a stick at
paljon
can opener
tölkinavaaja, purkinavaaja
beer can
oluttölkki
can of worms
soppa
kick the can
purkki

🇫🇮 fi en 🇬🇧

can do -asenne
can-do attitude
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