how to pronounce покопаться

/pəkɐˈpat͡sːə/

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покопаться is pronounced in four syllables

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pəkɐpat͡sːə

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

“… там что-то где-то покопаться и нашло на …”

meanings of покопаться

verb:

  1. To delve (into) for awhile, to spend some time examining carefully.
  2. To dig for awhile.

покопаться frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word покопаться occurs in russian on average 2.5 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.

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