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Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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fandango

/ˌfænˈdæŋ.ɡəʊ̯/ noun, verb

Forms fandangos fandangoes fandangoing fandangoed

  1. noun (music, dance) A form of lively flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (e.g. fandango de Huelva), some of which have their own names (e.g. malagueña, granadina).
  2. noun A gathering for dancing; a ball.
  3. noun (figurative, colloquial) An unknown entity or contraption. “What’s that fandango you’re using?”
  4. noun A confusion; a chaotic collection.
  5. noun An extravaganza; an instance of lavish and fantastical events or behavior.
  6. noun A shade of red-violet.
  7. noun (euphemistic) Vagina.
  8. verb (dance) To dance the fandango.
  9. verb (figuratively) To dance, particularly with a lot of energy.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fandango, of uncertain origin. Possibly related to Portuguese fado, or of West African origin.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced.
  2. noun A ball or general dance, as in Mexico. [Colloq.]

Etymology [Sp. A name brought, together with the dance, from the West Indies to Spain.]

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “fandango”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details