How to pronounce “Iguazú”

Hear how “Iguazú (waterfalls in Argentina and Brazil)” sounds in Spanish, then read the breakdown below.

Iguazúee-gwah-SOO (Latin America) · ee-gwah-THOO (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	waterfalls in Argentina and Brazil
Syllables	i · gua · zú (3)
Stress	The written accent marks the stress: ZÚ.
IPA (Latin America)	/i.ɡwa.ˈsu/
IPA (Spain)	/i.ɡwa.ˈθu/

z 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.

Las cataratas del Iguazú son enormes.The Iguazú Falls are huge.

Iguazú está en la frontera entre Argentina y Brasil.Iguazú is on the border between Argentina and Brazil.