how to pronounce страсть

/strasʲtʲ/

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страсть is pronounced in one syllable

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sʲ

tʲ

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

“… была у меня такая страсть мне очень …”

meanings of страсть

noun:

Passion; obsession.
Horror; suffering.
Horror (story).
Strong obsession with, attraction to some activity.
Strong love (between people).
The subject of someone's passion.

adverb:

Very, awfully.

страсть frequency in russian - B2 level of CEFR

the word страсть occurs in russian on average 21.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.