how to pronounce удивлять

/ʊdʲɪˈvlʲætʲ/

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the above transcription of удивлять is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

удивлять is pronounced in three syllables

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dʲ

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lʲ

tʲ

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

“… поражая стала удивлять для до этого …”

meanings of удивлять

verb:

To astonish, to surprise, to amaze.

удивлять frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word удивлять occurs in russian on average 4 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.