svesti

1. (na + acc.) to reduce; to cut down
   Troškove moramo svesti na minimum. — We need to reduce costs to a minimum.
   Broj zaposlenih sveden je na deset. — The number of employees was cut down to ten.
2. (svesti se na + acc.) to boil down to; to come down to
   Na kraju se sve svelo na novac. — In the end it all came down to money.
3. to lead down
   Svela je baku niz stepenice. — She led her grandma down the stairs.

Don't confuse it with the noun svest "consciousness"; reducing to something is usually expressed with na + acc.