how to pronounce побывать

/pəbɨˈvatʲ/

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побывать is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… наверху там сейчас побывать сатаны тысяч …”

meanings of побывать

verb:

To be at, to visit, to stay with.

побывать frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word побывать occurs in russian on average 17.4 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.