how to pronounce воздерживаться

/vɐzʲˈdʲerʐɨvət͡sə/

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воздерживаться is pronounced in five syllables

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zʲ

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dʲ

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t͡s

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

“… проще они могут месяц воздерживаться от …”

meanings of воздерживаться

verb:

To decline, to forbear.
To refrain, to abstain, to keep oneself.

воздерживаться frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word воздерживаться occurs in russian on average 1.4 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.