kiihtyä

MEANING:

Verb: to accelerate, to get excited, to become agitated, to escalate.

Kiihtyä appears in our example in the 3rd person singular form, kiihtyy. (Ale kiihtyy might translate as ”sale picks up” or ”sale accelerates.”

EXTRA CREDIT:

Some synonyms:

• laajentua (vähitellen) – ”to escalate,” ”to expand gradually”
• yltyä – (of wind) ”to rise,” (of speed) ”to increase,” (of pain, war, etc) ”to intensify,” (of war, violence) ”to escalate.”
• eskaloitua – to escalate