how to pronounce препятствовать

/prʲɪˈpʲat͡stvəvətʲ/

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the above transcription of препятствовать is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

препятствовать is pronounced in four syllables

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rʲ

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pʲ

t͡s

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tʲ

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

“… мы типа препятствовать тебе в …”

meanings of препятствовать

verb:

To hinder, to prevent, to prohibit, to impede, to put obstacles.

препятствовать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word препятствовать occurs in russian on average 3.5 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.