how to pronounce смягчить

/smʲɪxˈt͡ɕitʲ/

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смягчить is pronounced in two syllables

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mʲ

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t͡ɕ

tʲ

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

“… утки как раз смягчить грубые мясные …”

meanings of смягчить

verb:

To tone down light, colors.
To relax harshness.
To mollify.
To soften, extenuate.
To palatalize.
To allay, to assuage, to mitigate, to alleviate.

смягчить frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word смягчить occurs in russian on average 2.9 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.