подвести

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Russian

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Etymology

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под- (pod-) +‎ вести́ (vestí). Compare with Czech podvést (to cheat).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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подвести́ (podvestípf (imperfective подводи́ть)

  1. to bring closer
    подвести́ часы́podvestí časýto alter the watch/clock; to set the watch/clock
    подвести́ войска́ к грани́цеpodvestí vojská k graníceto 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 фунда́ментpodvestí fundámentto underpin
    подвести́ дом под кры́шуpodvestí dom pod krýšuto roof the house
    подвести́ ми́нуpodvestí mínuto mine, to torpedo
  3. to substantiate (with), to support (with), to account (for by)
    подвести́ ито́гиpodvestí itógito sum up
    подвести́ бала́нсpodvestí balánsto balance the accounts
    подвести́ ба́зуpodvestí bázuto 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 бровиpodvestí brovipencil one's eyebrows

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From под- +‎ водити.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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по̀двести pf (Latin spelling pòdvesti)

  1. (transitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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References

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  • подвести”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024