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Russian

Etymology

с- (s-) +‎ води́ть (vodítʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [svɐˈdʲitʲ]
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Verb

своди́ть • (svodítʹ) impf (perfective свести́)

  1. to lead, to take (from somewhere)
    глаз не своди́ть с кого́-либо ― glaz ne svodítʹ s kovó-libo ― not to take one's eyes off someone
    своди́ть кого́-либо в моги́лу ― svodítʹ kovó-libo v mogílu ― to bring somebody to his grave
    своди́ть с ума́ ― svodítʹ s umá ― to drive crazy (literally, “to lead from (one's) mind”)
  2. to bring together, to throw together
    своди́ть концы́ с конца́ми ― svodítʹ koncý s koncámi ― to make both ends meet (literally, “to bring together ends with ends”)
    своди́ть дру́жбу с ке́м-либо ― svodítʹ drúžbu s kém-libo ― to make friends with someone (literally, “to bring together friendship with someone”)
  3. to reduce (to), to bring (to)
    своди́ть счёты с ке́м-либо ― svodítʹ sčóty s kém-libo ― to settle a score with someone, to square accounts with someone
    своди́ть разгово́р на что́-либо ― svodítʹ razgovór na štó-libo ― to lead the conversation to something
    своди́ть на нет, своди́ть к нулю́ ― svodítʹ na net, svodítʹ k nuljú ― to bring to nothing, to reduce to zero, to cancel, to invalidate
    своди́ть к шу́тке ― svodítʹ k šútke ― to turn into a joke
  4. to remove
  5. to trace (a picture)
  6. to cramp

Conjugation

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Verb

своди́ть • (svodítʹ) pf (imperfective води́ть)

  1. to take (somewhere)
    он своди́л дете́й в кино́ ― on svodíl detéj v kinó ― he took the children to the cinema

Conjugation

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