How to pronounce “taxi”

Hear how “taxi” sounds in Spanish, then read the breakdown below.

taxiTAHK-see

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Breakdown

Meaning	taxi
Syllables	ta · xi (2)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: TA.
IPA	/ˈtak.si/

x sounds like "ks".
Keep every vowel short and pure: a = "ah", e = "eh", i = "ee", o = "oh", u = "oo". No gliding.

Llamamos un taxi.We called a taxi.

El taxi está aquí.The taxi is here.