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Russian
Etymology
до- (do-) + води́ть (vodítʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
доводи́ть • (dovodítʹ) impf (perfective довести́)
- to see, to lead, to take, to accompany (to), to bring (into)
- доводи́ть до дому́ ― dovodítʹ do domú ― to see home
- (cooking) to scald
- доводи́ть до кипе́ния ― dovodítʹ do kipénija ― to scald
- to drive, to reduce, to bring, to carry
- доводи́ть до изнеможе́ния ― dovodítʹ do iznemožénija ― to tire out
- доводи́ть до беды́ ― dovodítʹ do bedý ― to lead to trouble
- доводи́ть до нищеты́ ― dovodítʹ do niščetý ― to reduce to poverty
- доводи́ть до отча́яния ― dovodítʹ do otčájanija ― to drive to despair
- доводи́ть до слёз ― dovodítʹ do sljoz ― to drive to tears, to make cry
- доводи́ть до соверше́нства ― dovodítʹ do soveršénstva ― to perfect, to bring to perfection
- доводи́ть до бе́шенства ― dovodítʹ do béšenstva ― to drive up the wall, to drive crazy, to drive nuts, to enrage
- доводи́ть до сумасше́ствия ― dovodítʹ do sumasšéstvija ― to drive crazy
- доводи́ть до конца́ ― dovodítʹ do koncá ― to carry through, to carry to conclusion, to complete
- доводи́ть до кра́йности ― dovodítʹ do krájnosti ― to push too far, to drive over the edge, to take to extremes, to carry to an extreme
- to inform
- доводи́ть до созна́ния ― dovodítʹ do soznánija ― to bring home to
- доводи́ть до све́дения ― dovodítʹ do svédenija ― to inform
Conjugation
Conjugation of доводи́ть (class 4c imperfective transitive)
Derived terms