How to pronounce “taquitos”

Hear how “taquitos (small rolled tacos)” sounds in Spanish, then read the breakdown below.

taquitostah-KEE-tohs

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Breakdown

Meaning	small rolled tacos
Syllables	ta · qui · tos (3)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: QUI.
IPA	/ta.ˈki.tos/

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.

Los niños comen taquitos.The kids are eating taquitos.

Compré taquitos congelados.I bought frozen taquitos.