how to pronounce завидовать

/zɐˈvʲidəvətʲ/

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завидовать is pronounced in four syllables

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tʲ

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

“… что ты говоришь в завидовать я не могу …”

meanings of завидовать

verb:

To envy, to be envious.

завидовать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word завидовать occurs in russian on average 2.5 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.