18:38 Apr 15, 2014 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Names (personal, company) / last names | ||||
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| Selected response from: Helena Chavarria Spain Local time: 14:56 | |||
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4 +3 | Agudelo - the 'e' is pronounced as in 'set' |
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Agudelo - the 'e' is pronounced as in 'set' Explanation: In Castilian Spanish, /e/ is pronounced as in 'set'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Spanish -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 30 mins (2014-04-15 19:08:11 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- E is generally pronounced like the "e" in "met" when it is at the beginning or within a word. It is pronounced similarly to the Canadian "eh," kind of a shortened version of the "é" in the English "café," when it is at the end of the word. Sometimes it can be somewhere between those two sounds. It's not quite the sound of the English letter "A," which if pronounced slowly often has an "ee" sound at the end, but closer to the "e" of "met." Keep in mind that even when it's at the end of the word, in a sentence it may sound more like the "e" of met. For example, in a phrase such as de vez en cuando, each e has approximately the same sound. Examples: café, compadre, embarcar, enero. See also the lesson on pronouncing the e. http://spanish.about.com/od/spanishpronunciation/a/pronounci... |
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