how to pronounce закурить

/zəkʊˈrʲitʲ/

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закурить is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… гнили знаю что не закурить постели вот …”

meanings of закурить

verb:

To become a smoker, to take up smoking.
To smoke something through (e.g. make a room full of (cigarette) smoke).
To start smoking, to light up.

закурить frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word закурить occurs in russian on average 1 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.