how to pronounce посыпать

/pɐˈsɨpətʲ/

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посыпать is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… на причине посыпать времени …”

meanings of посыпать

verb:

To scatter (on a surface).
To dash quickly (for many entities).
To start falling (of precipitation like rain or snow).
To start saying quickly.
To start saying words frequently.
To sprinkle, to strew.
To pour (of friable/solid objects, such as sands, not liquids; sometimes used figuratively).

посыпать frequency in russian - B2 level of CEFR

the word посыпать occurs in russian on average 22.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.