how to pronounce задавать

/zədɐˈvatʲ/

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задавать is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… они тебе должны задавать ритм вот потому …”

meanings of задавать

verb:

To pose (a problem).
To give, to administer.
To ask (a question).
(a dinner, a banquet) to give, to throw.
To preset, to specify, to assign.
To set, to assign (an exercise, a lesson).

задавать frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word задавать occurs in russian on average 14.6 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.