pereiti

per- +‎ eiti, possibly influenced by Slavic; compare Belarusian перайсці́ (pjerajscí), Polish przejść, Russian перейти́ (perejtí), Ukrainian перейти́ (perejtý).

pereiti (third-person present tense pereina, third-person past tense perėjo)

1. (+ accusative, transitive) to cross, to step over

   pereiti gatvę ― to cross the street

   pereiti ribą ― to cross the border

2. (+ accusative, of vehicles, transitive) to drive over, to cross to

   Synonym: pervažiuoti

   Garvežys į kitus bėgius perėjo.

   The locomotive crossed over to another track.

3. (transitive) to switch (job, location, etc.)
4. (transitive) to pass, to go by someone or something
5. (usually of time, figurative, intransitive) to pass, to go by

   Daug laiko perėjo.

   A lot of time passed.

6. (intransitive) to stop, to cease

   Synonyms: nustoti, liautis

   Tuoj pereis lietus.

   The rain will stop soon.

7. (transitive, with į) to transform, to change, to become, to turn (into)

   Karšta meilė perėjo į neapykantą.

   Hot love turned into hatred.

8. (transitive, of the cold) to take over, to permeate

   Per visą kūną perėjo šaltis.

   A chill permeated the whole body.

9. (transitive) to change the mode of operation

   Kariuomenė perėjo į puolimą.

   The army went on the offensive.

   (literally, “The army switched to the attack.”)

• pereitinis
• perėjimas (“transition, conversion”)

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