why does it sound like intreble for increible

Question

When I look up the pronounciation for the word "increible" it sounds like intreble?

Answer 1

The computer voice is stressing the wrong syllable. There's an accent mark over the second 'i', so it should sound like een-creh-EE-bleh. To me the voice sounds more like een-CREH-ee--bleh.

I know you know, Kevin, but all your pronunciation keys are completely useless! - lazarus1907, Oct 2, 2010

I know they're not exactly right, but they're close enough to give an English speaker a start. - KevinB, Oct 2, 2010

Yes, as close as a ball to a bird... if you ignore the legs and the head, hehehe: round! - lazarus1907, Oct 2, 2010

English has a lot more ways to pronounce individual letters than Spanish does. Considering we use more or less the same alphabet, there are some similarities. - KevinB, Oct 2, 2010

een-creh-EE-bleh may look goofy to you, but it's closer then in-cray-EE-blay, to an English speaker. - KevinB, Oct 2, 2010

Answer 2

Sorry but it sounds nothing like intreble.

Thank you very much for your response. Gracias, muy mucho por su response - onion73, Oct 3, 2010

Answer 3

Should sound like this: In cray eeb lay four sylables wheras the other word should sound in treb lay which only has three sylables so they don't actually sound the same.

I think you got the wrong idea about the actual syllables, it should be in-cre-í-ble , not ib-le , and of course pronounced as such. - bill1111, Oct 3, 2010

Answer 4

The same? Hardly!

Just in case you have not been told, Spanish and English sound completely different! It is nearly impossible to find a word that sounds close enough in both languages. All sounds are radically different.

Our brains, when faced with a foreign sound, try to match it using sounds we are familiar with, which of course will result into a false, funny or ridiculous spelling matching. Most Americans, when they say the Spanish word "todo" (everything), to us it sounds like a pretty convincing "toro" (bull).

Just accept it: your native sounds do not exist in Spanish, and Spanish has sounds that your brain cannot recognise without a long training.

I wouldn't say they're all radically different. If they were radically different it would be easier, I think. It's when they're close, but not quite the same your brain starts playing tricks. - KevinB, Oct 2, 2010