how to pronounce лево

/ˈlʲevə/

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лево is pronounced in two syllables

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lʲ

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

“… долго не учил где лево или право овощей …”

meanings of лево

noun:

Left (direction): only in сле́ва (sléva), вле́во (vlévo), нале́во (nalévo).

лево frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word лево occurs in russian on average 1.1 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.