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How do you pronounce "el pasaporte" in Spanish?
el pah-sah-POR-teh, four beats with the stress third and a full final e.
Four syllables, pa-sa-POR-te, with the weight on the second-to-last, straight from the default rule for a vowel-final word. The plural "pasaportes" keeps it. Compare the English "passport", which is two syllables with the beat at the front — the same word, half the length, opposite rhythm.
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No olvides el pasaporte.
Don't forget your passport.
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"No olvides el pasaporte" uses the negative command "no olvides", which takes the subjunctive form of the verb. Say "no olvides" and the o of "no" merges with the o of "olvides" into one longer vowel. The v in "olvides" is a b sound.
Where English speakers slip
The English "passport" cuts the word to two syllables and gives the middle s a z buzz, producing "PASS-port". Spanish has four full beats, keeps the s hissed, and ends on a clear "eh". The r then wants the English curl that bends the "oh" into "or" — it should be a single flick with the vowel left clean.