How to pronounce “quince”

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

quinceKEEN-seh (Latin America) · KEEN-theh (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	fifteen
Syllables	quin · ce (2)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: QUIN.
IPA (Latin America)	/ˈkin.se/
IPA (Spain)	/ˈkin.θe/

c before e or i sounds like s in Latin America and like the "th" in "think" in most of Spain.
qu sounds like k; the u is silent.
Keep every vowel short and pure: a = "ah", e = "eh", i = "ee", o = "oh", u = "oo". No gliding.

Vuelvo en quince minutos.I'll be back in fifteen minutes.

Tiene quince años.She's fifteen years old.