Sanan taltuttaa merkitys | Babel Free

Määritelmät

1. to restrain, subdue, get under control (prevent a person physically by force from doing something bad)
   transitive
2. to calm down, get under control, tame (e.g. an animal)
   transitive
3. to subdue, abate, get under control, restrain, tame (reduce something negative in intensity in a controlled fashion)
   transitive

Vastineet

Esimerkit

“taltuttaa villiintynyt sonni”

to tame a bull gone wild

“taltuttaa nälkä”

to subdue hunger

“Meidän täytyy taltuttaa tämä ongelma jo alkuunsa.”

We must get this problem under control before it gets any worse. / We must nip this problem in the bud.

CEFR-taso