How To Pronounce Embarrass

In British English, embarrass is pronounced /ɪmˈbær.əs/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɪ̃mˈbær.əs]. In American English, it is pronounced /ɪmˈber.əs/.

Embarrass has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the second 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.