How to pronounce “sucio”

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

sucioSOO-syoh (Latin America) · SOO-thyoh (Spain)
Accent

Breakdown

Meaningdirty
Syllablessu · cio (2)
StressWords ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: SU.
IPA (Latin America)/ˈsu.sjo/
IPA (Spain)/ˈsu.θjo/

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Example sentences

Tus zapatos están sucios.Your shoes are dirty.
El coche está muy sucio.The car is very dirty.

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