condurre

lead

(accompagnare) take

veicolo drive

azienda run

acque, gas carry, take

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condurre v.tr.

1 (guidare) to lead*, to guide, to conduct; (un veicolo) to drive*: condurre qlcu. per mano, to lead s.o. by the hand; condurre un'auto, to drive a car; condurre l'esercito alla vittoria, to lead the army on to victory; condurre qlcu. passo a passo al successo, to lead s.o. steadily towards success // condurre a buon fine, to bring to a successful conclusion // condurre la partita, la gara, to lead the match, the race; condurre la classifica, to be classed first, (di disco) to be number one, (di libro) to be top of the best-sellers' list

2 (gestire) to run*; to manage, to conduct: conduce l'azienda da dieci anni, he's been running the company for ten years; l'affare è stato condotto male, bene, the deal was negotiated unskilfully, skilfully; condurre le trattative, to conduct negotiations; condurre un dibattito, to conduct a debate

3 (accompagnare, portare) to take*, to bring*: un autobus privato conduce i bambini a scuola, a private bus takes the children to school; ti ci condurrò io in auto, I'll take you there by car

4 (eseguire, effettuare) to carry out, to conduct: condurre delle ricerche, to carry out researches; condurre un sondaggio (di opinione ), to conduct an opinion poll; l governo intende condurre una politica di riforme, the government intends to carry out a policy of reform

5 (indurre, spingere) to drive*, to lead*: condurre alla rovina qlcu., qlco., to lead s.o., sthg. to ruin; condurre qlcu. alla disperazione, to drive s.o. to despair

6 (vivere) to lead*: condurre una doppia vita, to lead a double life; condurre una vita miserevole, to lead a miserable life

7 (fis.) to conduct

8 (tracciare) to draw*: condurre la perpendicolare di A e B, to draw a perpendicular line from A to B

◆ v. intr. to lead*: tutte le strade conducono a Roma, all roads lead to Rome.

◘ condursi v.rifl.

1 (agire) to act, to behave: condurre bene, to behave (well)

2 (non com.) (giungere, spingersi) to get*, to go*.

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1. [kon'durre]

vb irreg vt

1) (persona: accompagnare) to take, (guidare) to lead

condurre qn a casa — (a piedi) to walk sb home, (in macchina) to drive o take sb home

mi ha condotto a casa — he took me home

condurre qn per mano — to take sb by the hand

condurre alla vittoria — to lead to victory

condurre in salvo qn — to lead sb to safety

condurre qn alla follia — to drive sb mad

questo ci conduce a pensare che... — this leads us to think that ...

2) (azienda, affari) to run, manage, (trattative) to hold, conduct, (orchestra) to conduct

condurre (la gara) Sport — to lead, be in the lead

condurre a termine — to conclude

3) (automobile) to drive, (aereo) to pilot, (barca) to steer

4) (trasportare: acqua, gas) to convey

5) Fis to conduct

2. vr (condursi)

to behave, conduct o.s.

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[kon'durre] 1.

verbo transitivo

1) (accompagnare) to guide, to lead* [persona]; to accompany, to lead* [gruppo, visitatori]; (in automobile) to drive* [persona] (a to)

2) (portare) to take* [persona]

condurre qcs. a buon fine — fig. to bring sth. to a satisfactory conclusion

condurre qcn. alla follia — fig. to drive sb. to madness

3) (guidare) to drive* [automobile, autobus, treno]

4) (essere a capo di) to direct, to manage, to run* [azienda, reparto]

condurre il dibattito — to lead the debate

5) (trascorrere)

condurre una vita onesta — to live o lead an honest life

6) el. fis. to conduct [elettricità]

7) (eseguire) to conduct [esperimento, ricerca, indagine]

8) sport (essere in vantaggio) to lead* [gara]

9) rad. telev. (presentare) to host, to anchor AE

2.

verbo intransitivo (aus. avere) (portare)

condurre a — [sentiero, strada, scala] to go o take o lead to [casa, mare, fiume]

3.

verbo pronominale condursi to behave

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condurre

/kon'durre/ [13]

I verbo transitivo

 1 (accompagnare) to guide, to lead* [persona]; to accompany, to lead* [gruppo, visitatori]; (in automobile) to drive* [persona] (a to)

 2 (portare) to take* [persona]; condurre qcs. a buon fine fig. to bring sth. to a satisfactory conclusion; condurre qcn. alla follia fig. to drive sb. to madness

 3 (guidare) to drive* [automobile, autobus, treno]

 4 (essere a capo di) to direct, to manage, to run* [azienda, reparto]; condurre il dibattito to lead the debate

 5 (trascorrere) condurre una vita onesta to live o lead an honest life

 6 el. fis. to conduct [elettricità]

 7 (eseguire) to conduct [esperimento, ricerca, indagine]

 8 sport (essere in vantaggio) to lead* [gara]

 9 rad. telev. (presentare) to host, to anchor AE

II verbo intransitivo

 (aus. avere) (portare) condurre a [sentiero, strada, scala] to go o take o lead to [casa, mare, fiume]

III condursi verbo pronominale

 to behave.