Piru
WiktionaryText
Adverb
- An intensifier; used in genitive singular form (pirun).
- Se oli pirun hyvää (it was damn good)
Usage notes
Piru is used in the expletive Piru vie!, literally "Devil, take!" but which has a very similar area of usage as hitto. Also Piru vieköön tän autonromun!, "May the Devil take this wreck of a car!"