how to pronounce попадать

/pəpɐˈdatʲ/

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попадать is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… сюда будут попадать все оформлены …”

meanings of попадать

verb:

To fall one after another.
To hit (a target).
To get (to), to come (upon), to fall (into), to find oneself (in), to hit (upon).

попадать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word попадать occurs in russian on average 3.8 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.