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Spanish · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "la chamarra" in Spanish?
lah chah-MAH-rrah — the double r is a full rolled trill.
Three syllables: cha-MA-rra, stressed on the second-to-last, the placement the default rule gives for a vowel-final word. The rr counts as one consonant for syllable division, so the split falls before it. The plural "chamarras" keeps the same stress.
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Ponte la chamarra, hace frío.
Put on your jacket, it's cold.
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"Ponte la chamarra, hace frío" uses the reflexive command "ponte", attaching the pronoun to the verb. "Hace frío" is the weather construction — it makes cold — and "frío" carries an accent splitting the i from the o into two beats.
Where English speakers slip
Most learners substitute an English r for the trill, and the middle of the word flattens out. A doubled tap is a better stopgap while you build the roll. All three a vowels then want differentiating. Regionally, this word is mainly Mexican — "chaqueta" and "campera" cover the same garment elsewhere, and "chaqueta" has vulgar slang uses in some countries, which is partly why "chamarra" is handy.