how to pronounce заговорить

/zəɡəvɐˈrʲitʲ/

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заговорить is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… отели о том и говорит заговорить на …”

meanings of заговорить

verb:

To begin to speak.
To exorcise, to bewitch, to charm, to cast a spell, to enchant.
To talk someone's ear off (tire somebody out by one's talk).

заговорить frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word заговорить occurs in russian on average 1.7 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.