how to pronounce жрать

/ʐratʲ/

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жрать is pronounced in one syllable

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tʲ

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

“… меньше жрать марсельская оптика в …”

meanings of жрать

verb:

To guzzle (fuel or power).
To gobble.
To guzzle (alcohol).
To sting, to bite.
To eat.

жрать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word жрать occurs in russian on average 3.4 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.