how to pronounce отбивать

/ɐdbʲɪˈvatʲ/

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отбивать is pronounced in three syllables

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bʲ

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tʲ

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

“… начинать отбивать деньги то есть возврат …”

meanings of отбивать

verb:

To liberate (by force).
To beat, to drum, to strike (a rhythm).
To beat off (an attack; enemies), to repulse.
To knock off, to break off.
To take, to snatch away (by force).
To parry, to return (a ball).

отбивать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word отбивать occurs in russian on average 0.9 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.