How to pronounce “cinco”

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

cincoSEEN-koh (Latin America) · THEEN-koh (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	five
Syllables	cin · co (2)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: CIN.
IPA (Latin America)	/ˈsin.ko/
IPA (Spain)	/ˈθin.ko/

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.

Tengo cinco años.I'm five years old.

Son las cinco de la tarde.It's five in the afternoon.