how to pronounce gijon in spanish?
534489
It is hee-HONE. Hee as in hee-haw, hone as in hone an ax(e), rhymes with bone. Being a city has nothing to do with the pronunciation. A "G" followed by an "I" (or an "E") makes a gutteral "H" sound, well it's gutteral in much of Spain, anyway, but it is always an "H" sound, the same as the "J" is.
694229
Long-term residents of the Yaquina Bay area near Newport, Oregon now pronounce Yaquina something like "yah KWIN ah" or "yah kwin nah." Newcomers may try to pronounce it as if Yaquina was of Spanish origin or in another way that identifies them, like a shibboleth, as being from another place.
733445
Re: How to pronounce Zihuatanejo? Zi-Wat-En-Ay-O with stress on the penultimate syllable ("Ay" as in "Bay")..
1179244
in Catalán, when "x" stands alone, it is a "ch" but when preceded by an "i" it becomes "sh." So, Eixample is pronounced "eye-SHAM-ple". There are actually ome folks who pronounce it ""Gayxample".. when you go to Barcelona you'll see why.
1466609
['pe-nu-ri-o-us.', 'p-e-nu-ri-ou-s.', 'pe-nu-ri-ous.']
1075437
Rule #1: Spanish accents are called “tildes” in Spanish. In English, a “tilde” refers to the “mustache” that goes over the “n” (ñ), and all other marks are called “accent marks.” However in Spanish, a “tilde” is used for both accent marks and tildes.
688686
['IPA: /piːˈkɪŋ/, /peɪ.ˈkɪŋ/', 'Rhymes: -ɪŋ', 'Hyphenation: Pe‧king.']
1028945
['se-ren-dip-ity.', 'ser-en-dip-i-ty.', 'ser-end-ip-ity.']
951607
The letter z in Spanish is pronounced like the th in the English word thing by most speakers of Castilian Spanish.
359946
It's pronounced as the syllabic velar nasal /ŋ̍/. You'll find more information on this at Ng (name) - Wikipedia . Think of how you pronounce “thing”, then break it up into “thi - ng”. Remember what you did with your tongue for the last part, and do just that.
91061
['2 syllables: bellow, Belo, cello, felloe, fellow, jello, Mello, mellow, melo, velo.', '3 syllables: bordello, canelo, Costello, duello, Marcelo, morello, niello, Othello, prunello, rebellow, sgabello, vitello.', '4 syllables: ... ', '5 syllables:']
1464877
['Michelle. Pronunciation: mih-SHELL.', 'Lujan. Pronunciation: LOO-hahn.', 'Grisham. Pronunciation: GRIH-shuhm.']
653260
['ver-nac-u-lar.', 'ver-na-c-u-lar.', 'v-e-r-nac-u·-ar.']
1184524
Juan, too, is a Catholic name, derived from the name "John", one of the Gospels in the Bible. Juan is pronounced "WHOOAHN" in one syllable.
1454277
In English "haha" represents a laughing sound. In Spanish "jaja" does the same because the "j" is pronounced like our "h". If Spanish wrote "haha" it would sound like "a-a" and not be a laughing sound. ... Jajaja... is just the pronunciation, for spanish speaker the letter "H" doesn't make sound.
914907
Re: Silent letters First, the three words you mentioned (jalapenos, mojitos, and Jose) are of Spanish/Hispanic origin. The letter 'j' in Spanish when spoken sounds like an English 'h'. Non-Spanish words such as jasmine, jewelry, and junk have a hard 'j' sound.
148833
Aucun and Aucune sound differently. You pronounce the "n" in aucune, whereas you would not in aucun. TheDuoWizard, got it! Usually the masculine versions of French words have silent consonant endings, whereas the feminine ones are sounded out in one way or another.