How to pronounce “lección”

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

lecciónlehk-SYOHN (Latin America) · lehk-THYOHN (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	lesson
Syllables	lec · ción (2)
Stress	The written accent marks the stress: CIÓN.
IPA (Latin America)	/lek.ˈsjon/
IPA (Spain)	/lek.ˈθjon/

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.

Hoy tenemos la lección cinco.Today we have lesson five.

Fue una buena lección.It was a good lesson.