About pronunciation of some words

Question

When I watch the video course 2.4, I found the following Spanish words that Teacher Paralee pronounces are almost as the same as the English words she says. How about you? Do you also pronounce them the same way?

1. el voleibol

2. el snowboard

3. el fútbol

4. el golf

5. el béisbol

6. el básquetbol

7. el hockey (Do you make "h" silent? She doesn't.)

Answer 1

Yes, all of those words are pretty close to English, because most of them come from English. I have heard Hockey pronounced by Spanish speakers both ways, but most with either more education or exposure to Hockey tend to try to pronounce the H.

But the pronunciation is not identical, as the vowels are pronounced as in Spanish.

hth roger

Thank you, Roger! Do you mean there are some Spanish words originally coming from English, so that's why they are pronounced so similar? - joygogo, Apr 13, 2013