how to pronounce советовать

/sɐˈvʲetəvətʲ/

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советовать is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… что-то ему советовать и что-то ему …”

meanings of советовать

verb:

To advise, to counsel, to recommend.

советовать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word советовать occurs in russian on average 1.8 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.