How to pronounce “paciencia”

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

pacienciapah-SYEHN-syah (Latin America) · pah-THYEHN-thyah (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	patience
Syllables	pa · cien · cia (3)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: CIEN.
IPA (Latin America)	/pa.ˈsjen.sja/
IPA (Spain)	/pa.ˈθjen.θja/

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.

Ten paciencia, por favor.Be patient, please.

Los profesores tienen mucha paciencia.Teachers have a lot of patience.