how to pronounce скучать

/skʊˈt͡ɕætʲ/

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скучать is pronounced in two syllables

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t͡ɕ

tʲ

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

“… недоступно не знаем что скучать почему …”

meanings of скучать

verb:

To be bored.
To long for, to miss (по (po) + dative or prepositional).

скучать frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word скучать occurs in russian on average 7.6 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.