How to pronounce “medicina”

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

medicinameh-dee-SEE-nah (Latin America) · meh-dee-THEE-nah (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	medicine
Syllables	me · di · ci · na (4)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: CI.
IPA (Latin America)	/me.di.ˈsi.na/
IPA (Spain)	/me.di.ˈθi.na/

c before e or i sounds like s in Latin America and like the "th" in "think" in most of Spain.
A d between vowels is soft, close to the "th" in "this".
Keep every vowel short and pure: a = "ah", e = "eh", i = "ee", o = "oh", u = "oo". No gliding.

Toma la medicina después de comer.Take the medicine after eating.

Mi hijo estudia medicina.My son studies medicine.