How to pronounce “Zacatecas”

Hear how “Zacatecas (Mexican state)” sounds in Spanish, then read the breakdown below.

Zacatecassah-kah-TEH-kahs (Latin America) · thah-kah-TEH-kahs (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	Mexican state
Syllables	za · ca · te · cas (4)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: TE.
IPA (Latin America)	/sa.ka.ˈte.kas/
IPA (Spain)	/θa.ka.ˈte.kas/

z 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.

Zacatecas es famoso por sus minas de plata.Zacatecas is famous for its silver mines.

Visitamos la ciudad de Zacatecas.We visited the city of Zacatecas.