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Examples |
English |
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bestia; embuste; vaca; envidia |
best |
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bebé; obtuso; vivir; curva |
between baby and bevy |
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dedo; cuando; aldaba |
dead |
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dádiva; arder; admirar |
this |
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fase; café |
face |
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gato; lengua; guerra |
got |
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trigo; amargo; sigue; signo |
between a light go |
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ayuno; poyo |
as in yes or |
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caña; laca; quise; kilo |
scan |
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lino; alhaja; principal |
lean |
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llave; pollo |
roughly like million |
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madre; comer; |
mother |
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nido; anillo; anhelo; |
need |
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ñandú; cabaña; enyesar |
roughly like canyon |
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cinco; venga; conquista |
sink |
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pozo; topo |
spouse |
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rumbo; carro; honra; |
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caro; bravo; amor eterno |
ladder in |
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saco; casa; deshora; |
sack |
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cereal; encima; zorro; |
thing (in |
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tamiz; átomo |
stand |
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chubasco; acechar |
choose |
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jamón; eje; reloj general; |
loch (pronounced [h] |
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isla; mismo; deshuesar |
prison |
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Marginal phonemes |
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Examples |
English approximation |
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Kirchner; Xelajú; |
shack |
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tlapalería; cenzontle; |
somewhat like cattle |
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Ertzaintza; abertzale; |
cats |
Examples |
English |
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azahar |
father |
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vehemente |
play |
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dimitir; mío; y |
see |
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boscoso |
coat |
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cucurucho; dúo |
food |
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Examples |
English |
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aliada; cielo; amplio; ciudad |
you |
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cuadro; fuego; Huila arduo |
wine |
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Examples |
English |
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ciudad [θjuˈðað] / [sjuˈðað] |
domain |
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. |
mío [ˈmi.o] |
moai |