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Spanish · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "la cama" in Spanish?
lah KAH-mah — a dry k and two wide-open a vowels.
Two syllables: CA-ma, stressed on the first, as the rule for this ending requires for a vowel-final word. The plural "camas" keeps it. Note the near-neighbour "cámara" carries an accent to pull the beat back three syllables from the end — same opening, very different rhythm.
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La cama es muy cómoda.
The bed is very comfortable.
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"La cama es muy cómoda" ends on a word with an accent pulling the stress three syllables back: CÓ-mo-da. Spanish marks every such word in writing, which makes them easy to spot. "Muy" is one syllable with the u gliding, "mwee".
Where English speakers slip
The k picks up an English puff of air and both a vowels get differentiated — English would flatten the first toward the vowel in "cam" and reduce the second to "uh". They should be twins, wide open, differing only in loudness. There is also a false friend to note: "cama" is a bed, while a camera is "cámara", and the two are easy to confuse at speed.