How to pronounce “Montevideo”

Hear how “Montevideo (capital of Uruguay)” sounds in Spanish, then read the breakdown below.

Montevideomohn-teh-bee-DEH-oh

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Breakdown

Meaning	capital of Uruguay
Syllables	mon · te · vi · de · o (5)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: DE.
IPA	/mon.te.bi.ˈde.o/

v sounds the same as b. Spanish has no English-style v sound.
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.

Montevideo está junto al Río de la Plata.Montevideo is on the Río de la Plata.

Paseamos por la rambla de Montevideo.We walked along Montevideo's waterfront.