how to pronounce пожелать

/pəʐɨˈɫatʲ/

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пожелать is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… поэтому хочу пожелать чтобы каждая …”

meanings of пожелать

verb:

To wish, to desire.
To wish.
To covet.

пожелать frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word пожелать occurs in russian on average 16.3 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.