How to pronounce “dieciséis”

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

dieciséisdyeh-see-SAYS (Latin America) · dyeh-thee-SAYS (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	sixteen
Syllables	die · ci · séis (3)
Stress	The written accent marks the stress: SÉIS.
IPA (Latin America)	/dje.si.ˈsejs/
IPA (Spain)	/dje.θi.ˈsejs/

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 dieciséis años.I'm sixteen years old.

Hay dieciséis sillas.There are sixteen chairs.