how to pronounce претендовать

/prʲɪtʲɪndɐˈvatʲ/

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претендовать is pronounced in four syllables

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rʲ

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tʲ

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tʲ

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

“… а претендовать на подарки будет олег …”

meanings of претендовать

verb:

To claim, to pretend, to aspire, to have pretensions.

претендовать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word претендовать occurs in russian on average 4.5 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.