how to pronounce помиловать

/pɐˈmʲiɫəvətʲ/

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the above transcription of помиловать is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

помиловать is pronounced in four syllables

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mʲ

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tʲ

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

“… то есть помиловать человека или …”

meanings of помиловать

verb:

To show mercy (to), to pardon, to grant pardon (to).

помиловать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word помиловать occurs in russian on average 1.3 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.