how to pronounce поживиться

/pəʐɨˈvʲit͡sːə/

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поживиться is pronounced in four syllables

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t͡sː

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

“… где чего поживиться блин и самое главное …”

meanings of поживиться

verb:

To eat, to avail oneself of (+ instrumental, some food).
To profit, to benefit at someone else's expense (+ instrumental, from something).

поживиться frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word поживиться occurs in russian on average 0.9 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.