How To Pronounce Mexico

In British English, Mexico is pronounced /ˈmek.sɪ.kəʊ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈmek.sɪ.kəʊ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈmek.sɪ.koʊ/.

Mexico has three 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.