How to pronounce “calcetines”

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

calcetineskahl-seh-TEE-nehs (Latin America) · kahl-theh-TEE-nehs (Spain)
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Breakdown

Meaningsocks
Syllablescal · ce · ti · nes (4)
StressWords ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: TI.
IPA (Latin America)/kal.se.ˈti.nes/
IPA (Spain)/kal.θe.ˈti.nes/

Tips for English speakers

Learn more: Spain vs. Latin America · Stress and accent marks · Spanish vowels

Example sentences

Necesito calcetines limpios.I need clean socks.
Mis calcetines son blancos.My socks are white.

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