how to pronounce сдержать

/zʲdʲɪrˈʐatʲ/

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сдержать is pronounced in two syllables

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zʲ

dʲ

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tʲ

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

“… сейчас как-то удается сдержать цены на …”

meanings of сдержать

verb:

To keep (promise, word).
To hold in, to hold back, to keep back, to restrain, to hold in check, to contain, to deter.

сдержать frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word сдержать occurs in russian on average 4.6 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.