how to pronounce дождаться

/dɐʐˈdat͡sːə/

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дождаться is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… вернулся я не мог дождаться этого …”

meanings of дождаться

verb:

To end (by).
To wait until, to (manage to) wait for a long time.

дождаться frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word дождаться occurs in russian on average 11 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.