How to pronounce “fácil”

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

fácilFAH-seel (Latin America) · FAH-theel (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	easy
Syllables	fá · cil (2)
Stress	The written accent marks the stress: FÁ.
IPA (Latin America)	/ˈfa.sil/
IPA (Spain)	/ˈfa.θil/

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.

El examen fue fácil.The exam was easy.

No es fácil aprender un idioma.It isn't easy to learn a language.