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завестись

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Russian

Etymology

за- (za-) +‎ вести́сь (vestísʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zəvʲɪˈsʲtʲisʲ]
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Verb

завести́сь • (zavestísʹ) pf (imperfective заводи́ться)

  1. to be acquired [with у (u, + genitive) ‘by someone’] (idiomatically translated by English get or acquire with the object of у (u) as the subject)
    у него́ завели́сь де́ньги ― u nevó zavelísʹ dénʹgi ― he's got money (to spend) (literally, “money was acquired by him”)
    там у меня́ завели́сь но́вые друзья́ ― tam u menjá zavelísʹ nóvyje druzʹjá ― I got/met/acquired new friends there (literally, “new friends were acquired by me there”)
  2. to infest [with у (u, + genitive) ‘someone’ or в (v, + prepositional) ‘(in) somewhere’]
    в ста́ром до́ме завели́сь мы́ши ― v stárom dóme zavelísʹ mýši ― mice infested the old house
    у неё завели́сь вши ― u nejó zavelísʹ vši ― she's become infested with lice (literally, “lice infested her”)
  3. to be wound up (of a mechanism or clock); to start (of a car or motor)
  4. (colloquial) to get worked up, to be turned on
    не заводи́сь и́з-за пустяка́! ― ne zavodísʹ íz-za pustjaká! ― don't get all worked up over nothing!
  5. passive of завести́ (zavestí)

Usage notes

  • Note the construction of the verb in the first definition and corresponding examples. What is typically rendered as the subject in English is in Russian specified using у (u) + genitive, normally preceding the verb, while the verb agrees with what is, from the English perspective, the object.

Conjugation

Conjugation of завести́сь (class 7b/b⑨ perfective reflexive)
More information perfective aspect, infinitive ...
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