🇬🇧 en fi 🇫🇮

can noun

  /ˈkæn/ , /ˈkæːn/ , [ˈkeən]
  • A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
 säilyketölkki, kastelukannu
  • A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal.
 tölkki, purkki
  • (childish, or, vulgar, slang, North American) Buttocks.
 takamus
  • (US, slang) a toilet or lavatory.
 vessa

can verb

  /kən/ , /ˈkæn/ , /ˈkɛn/ , [kʰn̩] , [kʰən] , [ˈkʰan] , [ˈkʰæn] , [ˈkʰɛən ~ ˈkʰeən] , [ˈkʰɛːn] , [ˈkʰɛˑn]
  • (Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.
 osata, voida, pystyä
  • (modal, _, auxiliary, _, verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
 voida, saada

can verb

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

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
watering can
kastelukannu
garbage can
roskakori, jäteastia, roskapönttö, roskis, roskalaatikko, roskasäiliö
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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