how to pronounce обедать

/ɐˈbʲedətʲ/

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обедать is pronounced in three syllables

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bʲ

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tʲ

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

“… наблюдаю обедать из круга моего у меня …”

meanings of обедать

verb:

To eat lunch.

обедать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word обедать occurs in russian on average 3 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.