how to pronounce пожалеть

/pəʐɨˈlʲetʲ/

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пожалеть is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… честное слово вы не пожалеть спасибо за …”

meanings of пожалеть

verb:

To feel sorry, to be sorry, to be sad (about something), to regret.
To save, to spare (e.g. time, energy).
To pity, to commiserate.

пожалеть frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word пожалеть occurs in russian on average 2.1 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.