how to pronounce потакать

/pətɐˈkatʲ/

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потакать is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… вам как-то потакать да он не может …”

meanings of потакать

verb:

To connive, to indulge.

потакать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word потакать occurs in russian on average 0.7 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.