English-Finnish translations for curse

kirotaMeidän on voitava tehdä muuta kuin kirota toinen toisiamme tai jumittua paikallemme tekemättä mitään. We must be able to do something other than curse or remain transfixed in immobility. Haluaisin kuitenkin lainata sanontaa " on parempi sytyttää kynttilä kuin kirota pimeyttä" . But I would like to quote that 'it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness' .
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kirousNe eivät ole päällemme lankeava raamatullinen kirous. No Biblical curse is about to befall us. Se on niille samanaikaisesti sekä kirous että siunaus. This is both a blessing and a curse for them. Itä-Timoria vaivaa öljyn ja kaasun kirous. East Timor is a country cursed with oil and gas.
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vitsausRuoassa ja vedessä se on vitsaus. In food and water it is a curse. Talouden kannalta väärennökset ovat kuitenkin todellinen vitsaus niin terveyden kuin kuluttajienkin kannalta. From the economic viewpoint, however, counterfeiting is a veritable curse as much for health as for consumers. Kirput ovat kaalimaamme jokavuotinen vitsaus.

A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane
The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment
A vulgar epithet
A woman's menses
To place a curse upon (a person or object
To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate
To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet
To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment

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