how to pronounce особа

/ɐˈsobə/

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особа is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… то есть такая особа то было вот до …”

meanings of особа

noun:

Person, personage, individual.

особа frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word особа occurs in russian on average 2.9 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.