Is it pronounced "Oh - D- E-E - oh" or "OH - dee - oh"
It seems obvious that it should be ''Oh - DEE - oh'', but the title for this episode is ''I hate mysteries'' and it very clearly says ''OH - dee - oh'' los misterios. But like ''OOOOOH - dee - oh'' los misterios which makes me say what the...... are they just saying it wrong? Surely it must be ''Oh - DEE - oh'' right? Gracias.
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There are two syllables and the stress is on the first one. The vowels "i" and "u" are weak, so "io" is one syllable while "ío" is two syllables. The common word ending "ía" is similarly different from "ia".
Hey Jeezzle I don't know if this will help, but some other examples of 'weak' vowels like this:
Nadie - emphasis on Na - Die is a diphthong (Not na-di-e) weak 'i'
Limpio/a - emphasis on Lim - Pio/a is a diphthong (Not Lim-pi-o/a) weak 'i'
Nicaragua - emphasis on Ra - Gua is a diphthong (Not Nicara-gu-a) weak 'u'
Contiguo/a - not Contiguo/a
So, odio is really closest to 'limpio', I bet you've heard that said a lot. (and sucio, come to think of it!)
Oh, you like music too don't you - Odio - Revolver
Hope it helps. 
It seems obvious that it should be "Oh - DEE - oh"
Obviously it is not! "Oh" contains two vowel sounds, and the second one does not even exist in Spanish. "DEE" has a consonant that does not exist in Spanish (and sounds almost like our R), plus a vowel which is much longer than any Spanish vowel. Basically, that does not sound like Spanish... at all! The correct word should have four sounds, but you pronounce with six sounds instead, three of which do not exist in Spanish, and one artificially long, making the result barely 35% similar to the true sound. Why do you Americans insist in using that Craa-PEE Foh-neh-TIC useless thing?
and it very clearly says "OH - dee - oh"
Then clearly you are not watching a Spanish thing, or your hearing is not used to Spanish yet, because there is no way Spanish sounds like that
are they just saying it wrong? Surely it must be "Oh - DEE - oh" right? Gracias.
No offence, but if you think that those oh-DEE things sound like Spanish, I doubt you can differenciate properly pronounced Spanish from badly pronounced Spanish.
That word is spelled oddly in English. It is diphthong; not dipthong. In Spanish that odd "h" is not there: diptongo
The 1st person, singular [present tense, indicative mood] of odiar is odio. It is the same word as the noun for hate: odio.
If you wish to know how to pronounce it, just look up the noun and click on the speaker icon to hear it pronounced.
Odio es una palabra llana. If a word ends in a,e,u,i,o,n or s the stress always falls on the penultimate syllable (sílaba penúltima). The dipthong is io, so the stress is placed on the first o. When words don't follow this rule an accent is found. Por ejemplo: estómago. I and u are weak vowels and a, e, o are strong vowels. A dipthong is a combination of the two (14 total).
Odié would mean I hated - odiE
I hate is odio, I think that different letters are drawn out in Spanish as compared to English. In English one might say 'I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate' whereas in Spanish one might say 'Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooodio'.
you are correct
Then there are words like "coihué".
Wow, Jeezle, I must say, I did not even understand this post! 
You must at least post the word you are actually trying to pronounce, I sometimes use this phonetic system , but it is true, it does not sound Spanish
"o DEE o"
Unrecognizable, absolutely.
the stress is on the first syllable.
I say it that way all the time, never have I been corrected.
Yeah, tell me about it! 
People don't correct people who they think have a certain level, as they think they are being rude or something.
I'm certain I know close to 20,000 now
I think I'll be fluent by the time I get to half that many. . .probably in about 2 or 3 more years.
That's weird, many of my friends say "o DEE o" and I say it that way all the time, never have I been corrected.
So you're saying the reason why lluvia is pronounced JU - via is becuase the ia is some dipthong thing? I usually just say it how I hear it, and never notice the vowels etc... except rare cases, (I hate grammar and book learning, I prefer immersion learning although I do love reading, Lit major) I guess I didn't realize that verbs could be split in the same fashion, O- dio. Damn that's a bit irritating after all this time to realize another rule to learn, I wonder how many verbs split like this, I guess everything with ia, io, and all the other ones Laz listed, too many to just remember off hand what the key letters are.
Probably just easier to keep on remembering them how I hear them, and count odiar as one verb that I have been mishearing and keep this dipthong rule in the back of my mind, rather than attempt a full rehash of all my words, I'm certain I know close to 20,000 now, I will take that one as a hiccup instead of a fullstop brick wall, as will I accept this dipthong thing as a new minor setback and not a stopping point for rethinking anything. Otherwise I will simply lose my mind. I once asked my mom about a rule, and she didn't know it, she just full learned how they said it, not the why. I think I will keep on going that route, and only look back once I am in the fluent zone, to reshine my surfaces.
Wait so it only affects I and U because they are somehow weak, and all the other endings will always be touching an I or U, I guess that makes it easier to remember.
