how to pronounce довольствоваться

/dɐˈvolʲstvəvət͡sə/

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довольствоваться is pronounced in five syllables

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

“… того что это так и довольствоваться тем …”

meanings of довольствоваться

verb:

To be content/satisfied (with), to content oneself (with).
To draw allowances/supplies.

довольствоваться frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word довольствоваться occurs in russian on average 3.7 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.