how to pronounce обзывать

/ɐbzɨˈvatʲ/

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обзывать is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… стала всех оскорблять обзывать и никто …”

meanings of обзывать

verb:

To call.

обзывать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word обзывать occurs in russian on average 0.7 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.