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Spanish · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "la comida" in Spanish?
lah koh-MEE-thah, three beats with a soft d near the end.
co-MI-da: three syllables, and the second-to-last carries the beat, which is the default placement. The plural "comidas" keeps it. The word comes straight from the past participle of "comer", and every -ida participle in Spanish stresses the same syllable, which makes the pattern reusable.
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La comida está deliciosa.
The food is delicious.
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"La comida está deliciosa" uses estar, since deliciousness is a judgement about this particular meal rather than a permanent property. "Deliciosa" is four beats with a soft c before i: de-li-SYO-sa, and its io fuses into one syllable.
Where English speakers slip
The d gets hardened into a full English d, which stiffens the word — between vowels it should be a soft brush near a th, and in casual speech it often disappears entirely, giving "comía". The o and a vowels then want reducing. And note the regional meaning: in Mexico and much of Latin America "la comida" is specifically lunch, the main meal of the day.