довести

до- (do-) +‎ вести́ (vestí)

• IPA^(key): [dəvʲɪˈsʲtʲi]

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• Homophone: довезти́ (doveztí)

довести́ • (dovestí) pf (imperfective доводи́ть)

1. to lead, to take, to accompany (to), to bring (into)

   довести́ до дому́ ― dovestí do domú ― to see/take (someone) home

2. (cooking) to scald

   довести́ до кипе́ния ― dovestí do kipénija ― to scald

3. to drive, to reduce, to bring, to carry

   довести́ до бе́шенства ― dovestí do béšenstva ― to drive up the wall, to drive crazy, to drive nuts, to enrage

   довести́ до изнеможе́ния ― dovestí do iznemožénija ― to tire out

   довести́ до беды́ ― dovestí do bedý ― to lead to trouble

   довести́ до нищеты́ ― dovestí do niščetý ― to reduce to poverty

   довести́ до отча́яния ― dovestí do otčájanija ― to drive to despair

   довести́ до слёз ― dovestí do sljoz ― to drive to tears, to make cry

   довести́ до соверше́нства ― dovestí do soveršénstva ― to perfect, to bring to perfection

   довести́ до сумасше́ствия ― dovestí do sumasšéstvija ― to drive crazy

   довести́ до конца́ ― dovestí do koncá ― to carry through, to carry to conclusion, to complete

   довести́ до кра́йности ― dovestí do krájnosti ― to push too far, to drive over the edge, to take to extremes, to carry to an extreme

4. to inform

   довести́ до созна́ния ― dovestí do soznánija ― to bring home to

   довести́ до све́дения ― dovestí do svédenija ― to inform

• до́ведь (dóvedʹ)

до- + во̑з, во̀зити

• IPA^(key): /dǒʋesti/
• Hyphenation: до‧ве‧сти

до̀вести pf (Latin spelling dòvesti)

1. (transitive) to transfer something by driving
2. (transitive) to convey, deliver

   Synonym: допре́мити

• дово̀зити impf

• “довести”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

до- + во̀дити

• IPA^(key): /dǒʋesti/
• Hyphenation: до‧ве‧сти

до̀вести pf (Latin spelling dòvesti)

1. (transitive) to bring, lead, take someone somewhere
2. (transitive) to make (someone) part of one’s family, especially to marry (a wife)

• дово́дити impf

• “довести”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From до- (do-) +‎ вести́ (vestý). Compare Russian довести́ (dovestí), Belarusian даве́сці (davjésci), Polish dowieść.

• IPA^(key): [dɔʋeˈstɪ]

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довести́ • (dovestý) pf (imperfective дово́дити) (transitive)

1. to bring, to lead, to accompany (:somebody to a place)
2. to prove, to evidence

   Synonym: доказа́ти (dokazáty)

3. to bring, to take (to a limit)

   довести́ до доскона́лості ― dovestý do doskonálosti ― to bring to perfection

4. to bring, to drive, to lead (to a state, especially a negative one)

   довести́ до ска́зу ― dovestý do skázu ― to drive up the wall, to drive crazy, to drive nuts, to enrage

   довести́ до сліз ― dovestý do sliz ― to bring to tears

   довести́ до ві́дчаю ― dovestý do vídčaju ― to drive to despair

   довести́ до кра́йності ― dovestý do krájnosti ― to drive to extremes, to carry to extremes

   довести́ до кра́йнощів ― dovestý do krájnoščiv ― to drive to extremes, to carry to extremes

5. to finish (to complete: machine part, device component)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “довести”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “довести”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “довести”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “довести”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “довести”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “довести”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “довести”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)