how to pronounce бывать

/bɨˈvatʲ/

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бывать is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of бывать in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… где часто мне приходится бывать либо по …”

meanings of бывать

verb:

To be at, to visit, to stay with.
To occur, to happen (rarely, sometimes, regularly, or often).
To be.

бывать frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word бывать occurs in russian on average 5.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.