Vocab: saavutama - to achieve

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to achieve, to accomplish, to attain; to reach a desired (successful) situation; to attain the highest level or another desired outcome; to gain or obtain something (through effort)

Building blocks

• saavuta- → achieve/attain/reach a goal

• -ma → infinitive ending

So literally “saavutama” means something like: “getting something all the way to the result”

How to use it

Example

Organisatsioon saavutas rahvusvahelise tuntuse

Literally: “Organization achieved international recognition”

Idiomatically: “The organization achieved international recognition”

Organisatsioon - Noun - Nominative Singular: "Organization"
saavutas - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense: "achieved"
rahvusvahelise - Adjective - Genitive Singular: "international"
tuntuse - Noun - Genitive Singular: "recognition"