how to pronounce сомневаться

/səmnʲɪˈvat͡sːə/

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сомневаться is pronounced in four syllables

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t͡sː

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

“… было можно сомневаться то есть нет мы с …”

meanings of сомневаться

verb:

To doubt.

сомневаться frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word сомневаться occurs in russian on average 7.9 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.