подвести

Russian

Etymology

под- (pod-) +‎ вести́ (vestí)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pədvʲɪˈsʲtʲi]
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  • Homophone: подвезти́ (podveztí)

Verb

подвести́ • (podvestí) pf (imperfective подводи́ть)

  1. to bring closer
    подвести́ часы́ ― podvestí časý ― to alter the watch/clock; to set the watch/clock
    подвести́ войска́ к грани́це ― podvestí vojská k graníce ― to bring troops to the border
    У него́ живо́т от го́лода подвело́. ― U nevó živót ot góloda podveló. ― He is awfully hungry; he feels pinched.
  2. to place (under)
    подвести́ фунда́мент ― podvestí fundáment ― to underpin
    подвести́ дом под кры́шу ― podvestí dom pod krýšu ― to roof the house
    подвести́ ми́ну ― podvestí mínu ― to mine, to torpedo
  3. to substantiate (with), to support (with), to account (for by)
    подвести́ ито́ги ― podvestí itógi ― to sum up
    подвести́ бала́нс ― podvestí baláns ― to balance the accounts
    подвести́ ба́зу ― podvestí bázu ― to provide a basis/reasoning; to prove
    подвести́ тео́рию под наблюда́емые фа́кты
    podvestí teóriju pod nabljudájemyje fákty
    suggest a theory to explain the observable facts
  4. to class, to group together, to present (as), to depict (as)
    подвести́ де́ло под уголо́вную статью
    podvestí délo pod ugolóvnuju statʹju
    present the affair as a criminal offence
  5. to drive (at), to suggest
    К чему́ вы пыта́етесь подвести́?
    K čemú vy pytájetesʹ podvestí?
    What are you driving at/trying to prove?
  6. to let down, to do a bad turn
  7. to pencil, to outline
    подвести́ брови ― podvestí brovi ― pencil one's eyebrows

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From под- +‎ водити.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒdʋesti/
  • Hyphenation: под‧вес‧ти

Verb

по̀двести pf (Latin spelling pòdvesti)

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Conjugation

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