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Italian · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "altro" in Italian?
AHL-troh, with AHL rhyming with "doll" said with an open mouth, and a light, tapped "troh" to finish. In IPA: /ˈal.tro/.
Two syllables, al and tro, said briskly together — the tr cluster in the second syllable behaves just like English "tr" in "train," so it shouldn't slow you down.
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"Altro" is nearly a direct read of its spelling, so the main adjustments for English speakers are the open Italian a and a light, tapped r rather than any hidden spelling rule.
Hear it in a sentence
Prendo un altro caffè.
I'll have another coffee.
Listen: Prendo un altro caffè.
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"Un altro caffè" shows how Italian builds "another" out of two separate words, the indefinite article "un" plus "altro," rather than using a single dedicated word the way English does. Because "altro" starts with a vowel, the article stays the simple "un" rather than shifting to "uno," which Italian reserves for masculine nouns starting with s+consonant, z, gn, ps, or x.
"Prendo" (I'll take/have) is the everyday verb Italians use to order something, more common in this context than a literal translation of "I want" would be — ordering "prendo un altro caffè" sounds natural and unremarkable at a bar, where a direct "voglio" can come across as blunt.
Where English speakers slip
English speakers often reduce the unstressed final o toward a schwa, the way English almost always flattens word-final vowels. Italian's final o in "altro" keeps its full, clear "oh" quality, with no fading or blurring at the end.
The other slip is over-articulating the r as a full English r, adding tension and a tongue-curl that Italian doesn't use. The r in "altro" should be a quick, light tap, barely there, moving straight into the following o.