Spanish · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "juntos" in Spanish?

Q: How do you pronounce juntos in Spanish?

juntos is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /ˈxun.tos/. It means “together.” HOON-tohs — the j is a throaty h and the u is a rounded "oo".

HOON-tohs — the j is a throaty h and the u is a rounded "oo".

juntos /ˈxun.tos/

JUN-tos: two syllables, and the first carries the beat. The word ends in s, so the default rule points at the second-to-last syllable and no accent is needed. It is an adjective, so it agrees: "juntas" for an all-female group, "juntos" for anything else — and the stress never shifts.

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Sound it out

j A raspy sound made at the back of the mouth, like the ch in Scottish "loch". Never the English j of "jump", which is exactly what the spelling suggests to an English reader.

un A pure "oo" as in "boot" carrying the stress, closed by a released n.

tos A dental t with no puff of air, a pure "oh", and a hissing s.

Hear it in a sentence

Cenamos juntos esta noche.

We're having dinner together tonight.

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"Cenamos juntos esta noche" uses the plural adjective agreeing with the implied we. Spanish uses the present tense for tonight's plan where English needs a progressive. "Cenamos" has a soft c before e — se-NA-mos — and "noche" ends in a fully pronounced short "eh".

Where English speakers slip

Begin with the j, because reading it as an English j gives "JOON-tohs" — the most predictable error with this letter. Pull the sound to the back of the throat. The u then gets read as the flat vowel of English "junk", when Spanish wants a rounded "oo". And remember the word is an adjective, not an adverb — it agrees with the people involved.