how to pronounce поплавать

/pɐˈpɫavətʲ/

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поплавать is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… 23 часа и научиться и поплавать и на 15 …”

meanings of поплавать

verb:

To swim for a while, to float for a while.
To sail for a while.

поплавать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word поплавать occurs in russian on average 1.7 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.