how to pronounce полежать

/pəlʲɪˈʐatʲ/

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полежать is pronounced in three syllables

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lʲ

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tʲ

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

“… чистокровный поляк и дома полежать но к …”

meanings of полежать

verb:

To lie, to lie down (for a while), to have a lie-down.

полежать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word полежать occurs in russian on average 3.6 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.