подвести

Russian

Etymology

под- (pod-) + вести (vesti)

Pronunciation

Verb

подвести́ (podvestí) pf (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)
    подвести фундаментpodvesti fundamentto underpin
    подвести́ дом под кры́шуpodvestí dom pod krýšuto roof the house
    подвести́ мину́
    podvestí minú
    to mine
  3. to substantiate (with), support (with), account (for by)
    подвести итогиpodvesti itogito sum up
    подвести балансpodvesti balansto balance the accounts
    подвести́ базу
    podvestí bazu
    to provide a basis/reasoning; to prove
    подвести́ теорию под наблюдаемые факты
    podvestí teoriju pod nabljudajemyje fakty
    suggest a theory to explain the observable facts
  4. to class, group together, present (as), depict (as)
    подвести́ де́ло под уголовную статью
    podvestí délo pod ugolovnuju statʹju
    present the affair as a criminal offence
  5. to drive (at), suggest
    К чему́ вы пыта́етесь подвести́?K čemú vy pytájetesʹ podvestí?what are you driving at/trying to prove?
  6. to let down, do a bad turn
  7. to pencil, outline
    подвести́ брови
    podvestí brovi
    pencil one's eyebrows

Conjugation


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

под- + водити

Pronunciation

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

Verb

по̀двести pf (Latin spelling pòdvesti)

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