how to pronounce лениться

/lʲɪˈnʲit͡sːə/

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лениться is pronounced in three syllables

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lʲ

2.

nʲ

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t͡sː

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

“… это как они говорят об лениться что ли …”

meanings of лениться

verb:

To be lazy.

лениться frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word лениться occurs in russian on average 2.2 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.