Surprise

"Surprise" in Finnish

hämmästys

(feeling that something unexpected has happened)

yllätys

(something not expected)

yllätys

(attributively: that is unexpected)

hämmästyttää

(cause (someone) to feel surprise)

yllättää

(cause (someone) to feel surprise)

yllättää

(do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise)

yllättää

(to take unawares, to come on to something unexpectedly)

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