how to pronounce кривить

/krʲɪˈvʲitʲ/

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кривить is pronounced in two syllables

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rʲ

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vʲ

tʲ

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

“… новому также не стану кривить душой и …”

meanings of кривить

verb:

To bend, to distort.

кривить frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word кривить occurs in russian on average 0.7 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.