how to pronounce царапать

/t͡sɐˈrapətʲ/

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царапать is pronounced in three syllables

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t͡s

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tʲ

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

“… день чтобы не царапать барную стойку …”

meanings of царапать

verb:

To scrawl, to scribble.
To scratch, to scrape.

царапать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word царапать occurs in russian on average 0.9 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.