olla

verb

1. to be (indicating that the subject and the complement of the verb form the same thing, or that the complement describes the subject)
2. to be (occupy a place, possibly abstractly for an action)
3. to be, constitute, make up, form
4. to have; to own, to possess
5. to have, to possess (as a feature or capability, as opposed to simple possession; almost always for inanimate subjects)
6. to have (a sensation)
7. (there) be
8. synonym of olla olemassa (“to exist”)
9. to behave, act (as if...) (followed by a essive plural form of a present active participle with a possessive suffix, a long first infinitive (most often with some verbs), or a subordinate clause beginning with (ikään,) kuin, requiring conditional mood)
10. to have (used together with a past participle to build perfect and pluperfect tenses)
11. used together with a present participle to build the present and past prospective tenses.
12. to have to, must; be obliged/forced to
13. to result in (with inanimate, abstract objects)
14. to be suited for, be capable of, be made for, be cut out for
15. to behave (properly) (e.g. of children)
16. to play a children's game