No. 967 in Lithuanian

laimėti

To win.

In a sentence

Jis nori laimėti loterijoje.
He wants to win the lottery.
'Laimėti' is used in this sentence to indicate the desire to achieve or acquire a prize in the lottery.
Mokiniai laimėjo pirmąją vietą konkurse.
The students won the first place in the competition.
Here, 'laimėti' demonstrates the accomplishment of achieving a victory in a contest.
Ji laimės daug pagarbos dėl savo darbo.
She will win much respect for her work.
In this context, 'laimėti' is metaphorically used to describe gaining intangible recognition or esteem.

Hear it in real podcasts

The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “laimėti” in actual Lithuanian podcasts.

Learn it from shows you like

LangTurbo plays Lithuanian podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.

Get the appDownload on the App Store Get the app Get it on Google Play

Lithuanian books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).