How to pronounce “cincuenta”

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

cincuentaseen-KWEHN-tah (Latin America) · theen-KWEHN-tah (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	fifty
Syllables	cin · cuen · ta (3)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: CUEN.
IPA (Latin America)	/sin.ˈkwen.ta/
IPA (Spain)	/θin.ˈkwen.ta/

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.

Hay cincuenta personas.There are fifty people.

Cuesta cincuenta pesos.It costs fifty pesos.