savanoris

Meaning

volunteer

Example

He is a volunteer.

A way to remember it

savas "one's own" + noras "will, wish": one who acts of their own will → volunteer.

Word forms

More words at level B1

• senovinis antique, ancient
• siaubingai terribly, awfully
• siaubingas terrible, dreadful
• sirgti to be sick, to be ill
• siuntimas referral
• skara scarf, shawl
• skirti to devote, to allocate; to dedicate
• skirtingas different, differing

More form tables

• bėgti to run
• būti to be
• daryti to do, to make
• duoti to give
• eiti to go on foot, to walk
• gerti to drink
• išeiti to go out, to leave
• kalbėti to speak, to talk
• klausyti to listen
• manyti to think, to believe
• matyti to see
• miegoti to sleep
• mokėti to pay / to know how to
• norėti to want
• padėti to help; to put, to lay down
• pasakyti to say, to tell
• pirkti to buy
• pradėti to begin, to start
• rašyti to write
• skaityti to read
• suprasti to understand
• turėti to have
• valgyti to eat
• važiuoti to go (by vehicle), to ride
• žaisti to play
• žinoti to know
• žiūrėti to watch, to look

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