how to pronounce потерять

/pətʲɪˈrʲætʲ/

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потерять is pronounced in three syllables

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tʲ

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rʲ

tʲ

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

“… которые уже успели потерять цвет так что …”

meanings of потерять

verb:

To lose, to waste.
To shed.

потерять frequency in russian - B2 level of CEFR

the word потерять occurs in russian on average 22.7 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.