how to pronounce поспать

/pɐˈspatʲ/

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поспать is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… примерно 20 надо поспать либо лучше …”

meanings of поспать

verb:

To sleep, to have some sleep.

поспать frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word поспать occurs in russian on average 6.2 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.