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vairuoti

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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vaĩras (steering wheel) +‎ -uoti (verbal suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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vairúoti (third-person present tense vairúoja, third-person past tense vairãvo)

  1. to drive, steer
    išmokti vairuoti automobilįto learn to drive a car
  2. (figuratively) to lead, be in charge of

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “vaĩras”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 713

Further reading

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  • vairuoti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • vairuoti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024