# довести
## Russian
### Etymology

до- (do-) +‎ вести́ (vestí)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dəvʲɪˈsʲtʲi]
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: довезти́ (doveztí)

### Verb

довести́ • (dovestí) pf (imperfective доводи́ть)
* to lead, to take, to accompany (to), to bring (into)
    довести́ до дому́ ― dovestí do domú ― to see/take (someone) home
* (cooking) to scald
    довести́ до кипе́ния ― dovestí do kipénija ― to scald
* 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
* to inform
    довести́ до созна́ния ― dovestí do soznánija ― to bring home to
    довести́ до све́дения ― dovestí do svédenija ― to inform

#### Related terms

* до́ведь (dóvedʹ)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

до- + во̑з, во̀зити

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dǒʋesti/
* Hyphenation: до‧ве‧сти

#### Verb

до̀вести pf (Latin spelling dòvesti)
* (transitive) to transfer something by driving
* (transitive) to convey, deliver
    Synonym: допре́мити

##### Related terms

* дово̀зити impf

#### Further reading

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

### Etymology 2

до- + во̀дити

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dǒʋesti/
* Hyphenation: до‧ве‧сти

#### Verb

до̀вести pf (Latin spelling dòvesti)
* (transitive) to bring, lead, take someone somewhere
* (transitive) to make (someone) part of one’s family, especially to marry (a wife)

##### Related terms

* дово́дити impf

#### Further reading

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

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dɔʋeˈstɪ]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

довести́ • (dovestý) pf (imperfective дово́дити) (transitive)
* to bring, to lead, to accompany (:somebody to a place)
* to prove, to evidence
    Synonym: доказа́ти (dokazáty)
* to bring, to take (to a limit)
    довести́ до доскона́лості ― dovestý do doskonálosti ― to bring to perfection
* 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
* to finish (to complete: machine part, device component)

#### Derived terms

* дове́дення n (dovédennja)
* довести́ся pf (dovestýsja)
* до́від m (dóvid)

### Further reading

* 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)