verekseltään

Finnish

Etymology

From veres +‎ -lta +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʋerekseltæːn/, [ˈʋe̞re̞kˌs̠e̞l̪t̪æːn]
Rhymes: -eltæːn
Syllabification^(key): ve‧rek‧sel‧tään

Adverb

verekseltään

right away, while still fresh
red-handed (of being caught)

Further reading

“verekseltään”, 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

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