how to pronounce остаться

/ɐˈstat͡sːə/

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остаться is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… было машин не хотим остаться без машин …”

meanings of остаться

verb:

To remain, to stay.
To be left.

остаться frequency in russian - B2 level of CEFR

the word остаться occurs in russian on average 32.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.