завестись

Russian

Etymology

за- (za-) +‎ вести́сь (vestísʹ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zəvʲɪˈsʲtʲisʲ]

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Verb

завести́сь • (zavestísʹ) pf (imperfective заводи́ться)

1. to be acquired (у (u) + genitive, by someone; normally expressed in English in the active voice)

   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 (у (u) + genitive, someone, or + location, 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)

Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
¹ Dated.

perfective aspect
infinitive	завести́сь zavestísʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	заве́дшийся zavédšijsja
passive	—	—
adverbial	—	заведя́сь zavedjásʹ, заве́дшись1 zavédšisʹ1
	present tense	future tense
1st singular (я)	—	заведу́сь zavedúsʹ
2nd singular (ты)	—	заведёшься zavedjóšʹsja
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́)	—	заведётся zavedjótsja
1st plural (мы)	—	заведёмся zavedjómsja
2nd plural (вы)	—	заведётесь zavedjótesʹ
3rd plural (они́)	—	заведу́тся zavedútsja
imperative	singular	plural
	заведи́сь zavedísʹ	заведи́тесь zavedítesʹ
past tense	singular	plural (мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он)	завёлся zavjólsja	завели́сь zavelísʹ
feminine (я/ты/она́)	завела́сь zavelásʹ
neuter (оно́)	завело́сь zavelósʹ

Related terms

• заводи́ть impf (zavodítʹ), завести́ pf (zavestí)
• обзаводи́ться impf (obzavodítʹsja), обзавести́сь pf (obzavestísʹ)