how to pronounce пугать

/pʊˈɡatʲ/

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пугать is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… уже как традиция в хэллоуин пугать вас …”

meanings of пугать

verb:

To frighten, to scare.

пугать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word пугать occurs in russian on average 3.8 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.