how to pronounce водоворот

/vədəvɐˈrot/

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водоворот is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… окунуться в водоворот одинаковых с вашей …”

meanings of водоворот

noun:

Vortex, swirl, whirlpool.

водоворот frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word водоворот occurs in russian on average 1.1 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.