How To Pronounce Venezuela

In British English, Venezuela is pronounced /ˌven.əˈzweɪ.lə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌvẽn.əˈzʷweɪ.lə]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˌven.əˈzweɪ.lə/.

Venezuela has four syllables, and the main stress falls on the third 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.