conozco pronunciation
How is conozco pronounced?
4 Answers
It's pronounced like: Coh-NOHS-coh
In Spanish the 'z's make an 's' sound, unless you are in some parts of Spain where you would pronounce this:
Coh-NOTH-coh
Because they pronounce their 'z's and soft 'c's (before 'i' and 'e') as a soft 'th' sound, as in 'think.' But if you are not in Spain, you do not need to worry about this and all of your soft 'c's and 'z's should be 'sss.'
The 'c's here are hard, a 'k' sound, because they come before an 'o'. The rule in Spanish is that 'c's before 'a', 'o', 'u' or any consonant, are always 'k'.
The 'o's, as Esteban3304 already said, are "Spanish 'o's", which means that they are short and cut off, without the extra 'w' sound that English speakers add on at the end. Your mouth stays in the same shape when you make this sound and does not close slightly like it does when you say 'o' in English.
This word is also stressed on the second-to-last syllable, which is the rule for words ending in vowels, 'n', or 's'. If there is a stress mark, or tilde, on a word (looks like ´ ) then you stress that syllable. Words ending in consonants other than 'n' or 's' are stressed on the last syllable, unless they have a tilde indicating otherwise.
ko - nos - ko
All the vowels are the Spanish "o".
co - nose - co
Hi, Blix. Welcome to the forum!
If you go to the SpanishDict dictionary you can hear the word pronounced (there's a little sound symbol next to the word).
