How To Pronounce Peru

In British English, Peru is pronounced /pəˈruː/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [pəˈrʷuː]. In American English, it is pronounced /pəˈruː/.

Peru has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the second syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

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.