how to pronounce подстава

/pɐt͡sˈstavə/

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подстава is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… секс это подстава конечно ну то есть …”

meanings of подстава

noun:

Support.
The replacement set of horses for a carriage.
Setup (to involve an unaware and unwilling person into some illegal or undesirable situation).
Practical joke.

подстава frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word подстава occurs in russian on average 0.8 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.