how to pronounce воздержаться

/vəzʲdʲɪrˈʐat͡sːə/

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воздержаться is pronounced in four syllables

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zʲ

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dʲ

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t͡sː

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

“… мнению стоит воздержаться от активных …”

meanings of воздержаться

verb:

To decline, to forbear.
To refrain, to abstain, to keep oneself.

воздержаться frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word воздержаться occurs in russian on average 2.9 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.