how to pronounce поливать

/pəlʲɪˈvatʲ/

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поливать is pronounced in three syllables

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lʲ

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tʲ

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

“… реагирует их нельзя поливать их надо …”

meanings of поливать

verb:

To pour, to water.

поливать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word поливать occurs in russian on average 4.3 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.