how to pronounce кусать

/kʊˈsatʲ/

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кусать is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… когда вы начинаете это яблочко кусать вы …”

meanings of кусать

verb:

To bite.
To sting.

кусать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word кусать occurs in russian on average 1.4 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.