How to pronounce “doce”

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

doceDOH-seh (Latin America) · DOH-theh (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	twelve
Syllables	do · ce (2)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: DO.
IPA (Latin America)	/ˈdo.se/
IPA (Spain)	/ˈdo.θe/

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.

Un año tiene doce meses.A year has twelve months.

Comemos a las doce.We eat at twelve.