how to pronounce сливать

/sʲlʲɪˈvatʲ/

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сливать is pronounced in two syllables

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sʲ

lʲ

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tʲ

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

“… справа от меня и сливать меня …”

meanings of сливать

verb:

To merge, to fuse.
To have a piss.
To uncover some information about.
To pour out, to pour off, to empty, to drain.

сливать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word сливать occurs in russian on average 1.5 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.