how to pronounce поругать

/pərʊˈɡatʲ/

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поругать is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… можно было бы поругать за низкое …”

meanings of поругать

verb:

To scold.

поругать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word поругать occurs in russian on average 0.8 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.