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Spanish · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "cansado" in Spanish?
kahn-SAH-thoh, three beats with the stress in the middle and a soft d near the end.
Three syllables — can-SA-do — with the stress on the second-to-last, exactly where the default rule puts it. All four forms keep that placement. The word is a past participle used as an adjective, and every -ado participle in Spanish stresses the same syllable, which makes the pattern worth learning once and applying everywhere.
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Estamos cansados del viaje.
We're tired from the trip.
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"Estamos cansados del viaje" pluralizes the adjective to agree with "estamos", which is why it is "cansados" and not "cansado". "Del" is the compulsory contraction of de plus el. "Viaje" starts with a v as a b sound and contains the throaty j: BYA-heh, two beats.
Where English speakers slip
The d between vowels gets hardened into a full English d, producing a stiff "kan-SAH-doh". Let it soften almost to a th. In casual speech many native speakers go further and drop it entirely, saying "cansao" — that is normal, not sloppy. The first a also gets flattened toward the vowel in English "can", when Spanish wants it wide open.