how to pronounce описывать

/ɐˈpʲisɨvətʲ/

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описывать is pronounced in four syllables

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pʲ

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tʲ

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

“… что от как ты сейчас описывать шили нет …”

meanings of описывать

verb:

To urinate (on something).
To describe, to circumscribe.
To make / take an inventory (of), to inventory.
To describe, to depict, to portray (to represent in words).

описывать frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word описывать occurs in russian on average 11.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.