Message: "How do you pronounce 'Durante'"

How do you pronounce 'Durante'

by Solaitaire (guest)

3/6/2008, 7:59 AM

I've been pronouceing it du-rahn-te, but I'm not sure if that's right or not.

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- Profe Esteban +2

3/6/2008, 9:55 AM

First of all: in Spanish, Durante -besides a name- it's a preposition that means "during, along". Anyway, in both cases, we pronounce [doo - RAN -teh]. Englishspeakers may pronounce [diu], but we say [doo]. Regards.

- Agata (ADT) +1

3/6/2008, 7:03 PM

Also,

Englishspeakers would probably pronounce it -tay not -teh.

- Anneza

3/6/2008, 10:22 PM

Yes, usually we would; but for those of us who don't live where Spanish is widely used, our pronunciation is based on the one example everyone has heard of: Jimmy "Schnozzle"! And that is dyou-RAN-tee, with the ending rhyming with "Jimmy".

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