how to pronounce лгать

/ɫɡatʲ/

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лгать is pronounced in one syllable

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tʲ

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

“… по умолчанию как бы лгать не должна была …”

meanings of лгать

verb:

To lie, to tell lies.

лгать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word лгать occurs in russian on average 3.1 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.