How to pronounce “cielo”

Hear how “cielo (sky / heaven)” sounds in Spanish, then read the breakdown below.

cieloSYEH-loh (Latin America) · THYEH-loh (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	sky / heaven
Syllables	cie · lo (2)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: CIE.
IPA (Latin America)	/ˈsje.lo/
IPA (Spain)	/ˈθje.lo/

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.

El cielo está muy azul hoy.The sky is very blue today.

Hay muchas estrellas en el cielo.There are many stars in the sky.