how to pronounce сдерживать

/ˈzʲdʲerʐɨvətʲ/

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сдерживать is pronounced in three syllables

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zʲ

dʲ

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tʲ

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

“… прекращает пытаются сдерживать свою …”

meanings of сдерживать

verb:

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

сдерживать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word сдерживать occurs in russian on average 3.7 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.