води́ть

verb, imperfective
somewhat often used word (#2188)

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Translation

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1.

drive
drive
2.

lead, conduct
lead

Also: conduct

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A good example is ручка which looks like
1. pen, ballpoint
2. handle, knob, grip
3. arm
4. arm rest

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Examples

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Ты уме́ешь води́ть маши́ну? Do you know how to drive?
Вы уме́ете води́ть маши́ну? Do you know how to drive?
Како́й прок име́ть автомоби́ль, если ты не мо́жешь води́ть? What is the good of having a car if you don't drive?
Он не уме́ет води́ть маши́ну. He can't drive.
Твоя́ мать мо́жет води́ть автомоби́ль? Can your mother drive a car?
Она не уме́ет води́ть маши́ну. She can't drive.
Она научи́лась води́ть маши́ну. She managed to drive a car.
Я научи́л свою́ жену́ води́ть маши́ну. I taught my wife how to drive.
Я всё ещё не научи́лся води́ть маши́ну. I still haven't learned to drive a car.
Ты во́дишь как манья́к! You're driving like a maniac!

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Imperative

singular	води́
plural	води́те

Accents: Mark the accent with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

Past

male	води́л
female	води́ла
neuter	води́ло
plural	води́ли

Accents: Mark the accent with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

Present / Future

Note: Stress change

	Present	Future
я	вожу́	бу́ду води́ть
ты	во́дишь	бу́дешь води́ть
он/она́/оно́	во́дит	бу́дет води́ть
мы	во́дим	бу́дем води́ть
вы	во́дите	бу́дете води́ть
они́	во́дят	бу́дут води́ть

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Related Words

привести́
bring, lead, result, reduce, adduce, cite, list
провести́
lead, conduct, draw a line, draw a border, spend time, implement, carry out, build a road, install a pipe, install a cable, hold a class, enter in bookkeeping, trick, dupe, fool
проводи́ть
lead, conduct, draw a line, draw a border, spend time, implement, carry out, build a road, install a pipe, install a cable, hold a class, enter in bookkeeping, trick, dupe, fool
води́тель
driver
перевести́
Translate
приводи́ть
bring, lead, result, reduce, adduce, cite, list
вы́вести
take out, lead out, help out, make go out, turn out, withdraw, call off, remove, extirpate, destroy, exterminate, conclude, infer, depict, portray, grow, raise, hatch
завести́
to get, acquire, have
отвести́
lead, take, parry, ward off, remove, reject, challenge, allot, set aside
ввести́
bring in, introduce
развести́
подвести́
bring, place, let down, do an ill, a bad, turn
свести́
take, reduce, reduce to zero, remove, trace
перево́дить
transfer, move, take, remit, send through the bank, convert, move up into the next form, translate, interpret, exterminate, use up, dissipate, squander
своди́ть
take, reduce, reduce to zero, remove, trace
увести́
take away, lead away, walk off, withdraw, carry off, lift
выводи́ть
take out, lead out, help out, make go out, turn out, withdraw, call off, remove, extirpate, destroy, exterminate, conclude, infer, depict, portray, grow, raise, hatch
разводи́ть
take along, bring, conduct, part, move apart, pull, apart, separate, dissolve
наводи́ть
direct, bring, aim, cover, coat
вводи́ть
bring in, introduce
обвести́
lead, encircle, surround, outline, dodge, outplay
отводи́ть
lead, take, parry, ward off, remove, reject, challenge, allot, set aside
навести́
bring in
подводи́ть
bring, place, let down, do an ill, a bad, turn
заводи́ть
acquire, buy, establish, introduce, start, wind up, to set
развести́сь
divorce
уводи́ть
take away, lead away, walk off, withdraw, carry off, lift
завести́сь
возвести́
erect, raise, elevate, lift up, derive, trace
заводи́ться
be established, be set up, be wound up, be set, be started, get worked up
возводи́ть
erect, raise, elevate, lift up, derive, trace
переводи́ться
move, be transferred, come to an end, become extinct
извести́
use up, spend, exterminate, exhaust, torment, vex, exasperate
разводи́ться
divorce, be divorced, breed, multiply
изводи́ть
use up, spend, exterminate, exhaust, torment, vex, exasperate
обводи́ть
lead, encircle, surround, outline, dodge, outplay
отводиться
взвести́
cock, impute, saddle
извести́сь
consume oneself, exhaust oneself
веду́щий
chief, leading, leading plane, leader
взводи́ть
cock, impute, saddle
наводиться
навестись
привести́сь
про́вод
wire, lead, conductor
провожа́ть
to escort, to accompany

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