how to pronounce отойти

/ɐtɐjˈtʲi/

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отойти is pronounced in three syllables

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ɐtɐji

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

“… да нам пришлось немножко отойти от того …”

meanings of отойти

verb:

  1. To be out for a while, to go away temporarily (with the attention to come back soon).
  2. To pass to.
  3. To withdraw, to fall back.
  4. To digress.
  5. To go away, to go aside, to move away, to move aside.
  6. To come around, to recover, to come back to normal (e.g. after a shock or disease).

отойти frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word отойти occurs in russian on average 6.2 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.

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