How To Pronounce Borrow

In British English, borrow is pronounced /ˈbɒr.əʊ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈbʷɒr.əʊ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈbɑːr.oʊ/.

Borrow has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. The British and American pronunciations are different, so listen to both.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.