how to pronounce сожалеть

/səʐɨˈlʲetʲ/

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сожалеть is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… имени ни к чему сожалеть о судьбе хоть и …”

meanings of сожалеть

verb:

To pity, to be sorry (for smb.).
To regret, to deplore, to be sorry (that).

сожалеть frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word сожалеть occurs in russian on average 2.5 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.