How to pronounce “cocina”

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

cocinakoh-SEE-nah (Latin America) · koh-THEE-nah (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	kitchen
Syllables	co · ci · na (3)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: CI.
IPA (Latin America)	/ko.ˈsi.na/
IPA (Spain)	/ko.ˈθi.na/

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.

La cocina está limpia.The kitchen is clean.

Mi madre está en la cocina.My mother is in the kitchen.