how to pronounce кошмар

/kɐʂˈmar/

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кошмар is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… из 10 0 кошмар нет конечно десятков …”

meanings of кошмар

noun:

Nightmare.

interjection:

It's terrible!.

кошмар frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word кошмар occurs in russian on average 9.9 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.