pavydas

Meaning

envy

Example

Envy often arises when a person doesn't take joy in their own achievements.

Word forms

The spellings this word turns up in. There are 6 of them.

More words at level B2

• pažanga progress, development
• pilni žandai full cheeks (stuffed to the gills)
• plakti to beat (of the heart); to whip, to whisk (eggs, cream)
• prevencija prevention
• priemonė means, measure
• prieštarauti to object, to contradict
• prireikti to be needed, to come in handy
• prisitaikyti to adapt, to adjust

How to learn a word, not just look it up

• How spaced repetition works

  Memory lets a word go along a curve. Spaced repetition puts the next review just before the word slips, so every repeat buys more time than the one before it.

• Learning Lithuanian as an English speaker

  Seven cases, no shared vocabulary and a stress mark nobody writes down. What is genuinely hard about Lithuanian for an English speaker, what is easier than advertised, and the order that works.