how to pronounce кончать

/kɐnʲˈt͡ɕætʲ/

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кончать is pronounced in two syllables

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1.

nʲ

2.

t͡ɕ

tʲ

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

“… женя ты же хочешь с этим кончать да …”

meanings of кончать

verb:

To graduate from.
To kill; to waste.
To ejaculate, to cum (of a man); to orgasm (of a woman).
To finish, to end.
To finish; to deplete.

кончать frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word кончать occurs in russian on average 5.3 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.