заводиться

за- (za-) +‎ води́ться (vodítʹsja)

• IPA^(key): [zəvɐˈdʲit͡sːə]

заводи́ться • (zavodítʹsja) impf (perfective завести́сь)

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

   у него́ заво́дятся де́ньги ― u nevó zavódjatsja dénʹgi ― he's is getting money (to spend) (literally, “money is being acquired by him”)

   там у меня́ заво́дятся но́вые друзья́ ― tam u menjá zavódjatsja nóvyje druzʹjá ― I am getting/meeting/acquiring new friends there (literally, “new friends are being acquired by me there”)

2. to infest (у (u) + genitive, someone, or + location, somewhere)

   в ста́ром до́ме заво́дятся мы́ши ― v stárom dóme zavódjatsja mýši ― mice are infesting the old house

   у неё заво́дятся вши ― u nejó zavódjatsja vši ― she's becoming infested with lice (literally, “lice are infesting her”)

3. to be wound up (of a mechanism or clock); to start (of a car or motor)

   У меня́ сего́дня не заводи́лась маши́на ― U menjá sevódnja ne zavodílasʹ mašína ― My car wouldn't start today.

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)

• 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.

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