how to pronounce отговорка

/ɐdɡɐˈvorkə/

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отговорка is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… времени 2 отговорка в бизнесе все …”

meanings of отговорка

noun:

Excuse, pretext.

отговорка frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word отговорка 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.