how to pronounce колдовать

/kəɫdɐˈvatʲ/

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колдовать is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… приходится колдовать верхнее положение …”

meanings of колдовать

verb:

To concoct.
To conjure, to practise witchcraft.

колдовать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word колдовать 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.