How to pronounce “Asunción”

Hear how “Asunción (capital of Paraguay)” sounds in Spanish, then read the breakdown below.

Asunciónah-soon-SYOHN (Latin America) · ah-soon-THYOHN (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	capital of Paraguay
Syllables	a · sun · ción (3)
Stress	The written accent marks the stress: CIÓN.
IPA (Latin America)	/a.sun.ˈsjon/
IPA (Spain)	/a.sun.ˈθjon/

c before e or i sounds like s in Latin America and like the "th" in "think" in most of Spain.
Keep every vowel short and pure: a = "ah", e = "eh", i = "ee", o = "oh", u = "oo". No gliding.

Asunción está junto al río Paraguay.Asunción is on the Paraguay River.

Mi tía vive en Asunción.My aunt lives in Asunción.