How to pronounce “dieciocho”

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

dieciochodyeh-SYOH-choh (Latin America) · dyeh-THYOH-choh (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	eighteen
Syllables	die · cio · cho (3)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: CIO.
IPA (Latin America)	/dje.ˈsjo.tʃo/
IPA (Spain)	/dje.ˈθjo.tʃo/

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.

Ya tengo dieciocho años.I'm already eighteen.

La clase tiene dieciocho niños.The class has eighteen kids.