How to pronounce “dulce”

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

dulceDOOL-seh (Latin America) · DOOL-theh (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	sweet
Syllables	dul · ce (2)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: DUL.
IPA (Latin America)	/ˈdul.se/
IPA (Spain)	/ˈdul.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.

Este pastel es muy dulce.This cake is very sweet.

Mi hija es muy dulce.My daughter is very sweet.