How to pronounce “despacio”

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

despaciodehs-PAH-syoh (Latin America) · dehs-PAH-thyoh (Spain)

Speed 0.8× Accent

Breakdown

Meaning	slowly
Syllables	des · pa · cio (3)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: PA.
IPA (Latin America)	/des.ˈpa.sjo/
IPA (Spain)	/des.ˈpa.θjo/

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.

Habla despacio, por favor.Speak slowly, please.

Conduce despacio, hay niños.Drive slowly, there are kids.