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tergiversate

How many syllables in tergiversate?

  4 syllables

Divide tergiversate into syllables:   ter-gi-ver-sate
Stressed syllable in tergiversate:   ter-gi-ver-sate
How to pronounce tergiversate:   tur-ji-ver-seyt
How to say tergiversate:

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