How to pronounce “vecino”

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

vecinobeh-SEE-noh (Latin America) · beh-THEE-noh (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	neighbor
Syllables	ve · ci · no (3)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: CI.
IPA (Latin America)	/be.ˈsi.no/
IPA (Spain)	/be.ˈθi.no/

v sounds the same as b. Spanish has no English-style v sound.
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.

Mi vecino tiene un perro.My neighbor has a dog.

Los vecinos son muy amables.The neighbors are very kind.