Sunday, October 31, 2021

Verb of the week: käydä kiivaana

 week 43, 2021 

käydä kiivaana = to become heated, to heat up, in a metaphorical sense, such as a topic, conversation, sales, etc.

Keskustelu kävi kiivaana. = The conversation became heated.

Mökkikauppa kävi alkuvuonna kiivaana, hinnat kipusivat yli 20 prosenttia. = Cottage-sales (the "mökki" market) heated up during the start of the year, prices soared by over 20 percent.


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