свести́
- 1.
to reduce (to), to bring down (to), to boil down (to)
Расхо́ды надо свести́ к ми́нимуму.
Expenses have to be reduced to a minimum.
Often свести к минимуму / к нулю.
- 2.
to drive mad, to drive crazy
Она́ свела́ его с ума́.
She drove him crazy.
Only in the phrase свести с ума.
- 3.
to bring together, to put in touch
Судьба́ свела́ нас в Москве́.
Fate brought us together in Moscow.
- 4.
to remove, to get rid of
Она́ свела́ пятно́ с пла́тья.
She got the stain out of the dress.
Of stains, warts, tattoos.
- 5.
to take (somewhere), to lead away, to take away
Мать свела́ детей в цирк.
The mother took the children to the circus.
- 6.
to lead down, to help down
Она́ свела́ стару́шку с ле́стницы.
She led the old lady down the stairs.
- 7.
to cramp, to go into spasm
Су́дорогой свело́ но́гу.
My leg cramped up.
Impersonal: свело ногу (my leg cramped up).
- 8.
to make (ends) meet, to bring (ends) together
Мы едва́ свели́ концы́ с конца́ми.
We barely made ends meet.
Mostly in свести концы с концами.
Motion info
свести́ is derived from the unidirectional verb of motion вести́ with prefix с-/со- (down / off).
Examples
Только Провидение могло свести их снова.
Only Providence could have brought them together again.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | сведу́ |
| ты | - | сведёшь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | сведёт |
| мы | - | сведём |
| вы | - | сведёте |
| они́ | - | сведу́т |
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | сведи́ |
| вы | сведи́те |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | свёл |
| feminine | свела́ |
| neuter | свело́ |
| plural | свели́ |
Prefix groupPRO
| Verb | Prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| свести́ | - | to reduce (to); to drive mad; to bring together; to remove; to take (somewhere); to lead down; to cramp; to make (ends) meet |
| рассвести́ | рас- | to dawn |
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