pitää

Definitions

• (transitive) to hold, grasp, grip
• (transitive) to keep, take
• (transitive) to like, be fond of
• (transitive) to have (to do); (in conditional mood) should (do), ought (to do), be supposed (to do), would have (to do)
• (transitive) to consider (to be), to assess, to see as
• (transitive) to hold onto
• (transitive) to keep an animal
• (transitive) to hold, to organize such as an event
• (transitive) Used in very many collocations with nouns, translated often as "engage in", "have", "do", "transact", "pursue", "conduct", "carry out" "keep up", "maintain", "lead/teach" etc.