how to pronounce обнимать

/ɐbnʲɪˈmatʲ/

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обнимать is pronounced in three syllables

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nʲ

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tʲ

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

“… продолжаю обнимать и целовать своих …”

meanings of обнимать

verb:

To engulf, to envelop.
To hug, to embrace.

обнимать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word обнимать occurs in russian on average 2.3 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.