How To Pronounce Spanish

In British English, Spanish is pronounced /ˈspæn.ɪʃ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈspæ̃n.ɪʃ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈspæn.ɪʃ/.

Spanish has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first 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.