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Etymology

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с- (s-) +‎ води́ть (vodítʹ)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [svɐˈdʲitʲ]
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Verb

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своди́ть (svodítʹimpf (perfective свести́)

  1. to lead, to take (from somewhere)
    глаз не своди́ть с кого́-либоglaz ne svodítʹ s kovó-libonot to take one's eyes off someone
    своди́ть кого́-либо в моги́луsvodítʹ kovó-libo v mogíluto bring someone to his grave
    своди́ть с ума́svodítʹ s umáto drive crazy (literally, “to lead from (one's) mind”)
  2. to bring together, to throw together
    своди́ть концы́ с конца́миsvodítʹ koncý s koncámito make both ends meet (literally, “to bring together ends with ends”)
    своди́ть дру́жбу с ке́м-либоsvodítʹ drúžbu s kém-liboto make friends with someone (literally, “to bring together friendship with someone”)
  3. to reduce (to), to bring (to)
    своди́ть счёты с ке́м-либоsvodítʹ sčóty s kém-liboto settle a score with someone, to square accounts with someone
    своди́ть разгово́р на что́-либоsvodítʹ razgovór na štó-liboto lead the conversation to something
    своди́ть на нет, своди́ть к нулю́svodítʹ na net, svodítʹ k nuljúto bring to nothing, to reduce to zero, to cancel, to invalidate
    своди́ть к шу́ткеsvodítʹ k šútketo turn into a joke
  4. to remove
  5. to trace (a picture)
  6. to cramp

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Verb

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своди́ть (svodítʹpf (imperfective води́ть)

  1. to take (somewhere)
    он своди́л дете́й в кино́on svodíl detéj v kinóhe took the children to the cinema

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