how to pronounce сказать

/skɐˈzatʲ/

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сказать is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… дороги, и они сказали, что мне нечего сказать, потому что дорог нет, это …”

meanings of сказать

verb:

To say, to tell.

сказать frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word сказать occurs in russian on average 419.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.