Spanish · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "enamorado" in Spanish?

Q: How do you pronounce enamorado in Spanish?

enamorado is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /e.na.moˈɾa.ðo/. It means “in love.” eh-nah-moh-RAH-thoh, five beats — a single tapped r and a soft d.

eh-nah-moh-RAH-thoh, five beats — a single tapped r and a soft d.

enamorado /e.na.moˈɾa.ðo/

Five syllables, e-na-mo-RA-do, with the weight on the second-to-last, as the default rule prescribes for a vowel-final word. Nothing needs marking, even at this length — a good demonstration that Spanish accents flag exceptions rather than length. The verb "enamorarse" adds a syllable and shifts the beat to RAR because of the r ending.

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Sound it out

e-na A short "eh" then a clean n and a wide-open "ah". Two unstressed syllables to open, and neither may be reduced.

mo A normal m and a pure "oh", still unstressed but fully rounded.

ra A single tap of the tongue tip — this r sits between vowels, so never a trill — plus a wide "ah" carrying the stress.

do A soft d between vowels, close to the th of "those", plus a final pure "oh".

Hear it in a sentence

Está enamorado de su vecina.

He's in love with his neighbor.

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"Está enamorado de su vecina" needs "de" after the adjective — in love with is expressed as in love of in Spanish. "Vecina" starts with a v as a b sound and has a soft c before i: be-SEE-na. And "está enamorado" merges the á into the opening e.

Where English speakers slip

Five syllables is where English reduction does the most damage, crushing the word into "en-uh-mor-AH-do". The first three vowels — eh, ah, oh — must all stay clear. The r then wants an English curl instead of a single flick, and the d wants hardening. And do not forget the "de": "enamorado con" is a common but incorrect import from English.