how to pronounce погасить

/pəɡɐˈsʲitʲ/

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погасить is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… одно а можно свет погасить что было …”

meanings of погасить

verb:

To slake (lime).
To kill, to murder, to waste; to beat.
To put out, to extinguish.
To kill (a ball).
To cancel (debt); to make invalid.
To turn off (light).
To quench.

погасить frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word погасить 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.