How to pronounce “azul”

Hear how “azul (blue)” sounds in Spanish, then read the breakdown below.

azulah-SOOL (Latin America) · ah-THOOL (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	blue
Syllables	a · zul (2)
Stress	Words ending in a consonant other than n or s stress the last syllable: ZUL.
IPA (Latin America)	/a.ˈsul/
IPA (Spain)	/a.ˈθul/

z 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.

El cielo es azul.The sky is blue.

Tengo una camisa azul.I have a blue shirt.