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Spanish · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "el parque" in Spanish?
el PAR-keh — a tapped r, a silent u after the q, and a full final e.
Two syllables, PAR-que, beat on the first, which is the default placement for a vowel-final word. The plural "parques" keeps it. Note that "parque" and the English "park" share an origin but not a rhythm — the Spanish word has a second syllable that the English one lost.
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Corremos en el parque.
We run in the park.
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"Corremos en el parque" opens with a trilled double r in "corremos", contrasting with the single tap inside "parque" — both r sounds in one short sentence. "Corremos" is stressed ko-RRE-mos on the second-to-last syllable, per the default rule.
Where English speakers slip
Drop the final e and the word becomes the English "park", with the r bending the "ah" backward for good measure. Both need fixing: a clean vowel, a single forward flick, and a fully pronounced "eh" at the end. The u after q also gets voiced by readers importing English "queue" habits — it is silent.