Spanish · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "los pantalones" in Spanish?

Q: How do you pronounce los pantalones in Spanish?

los pantalones is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /los pan.taˈlo.nes/. It means “pants / trousers.” lohs pan-tah-LOH-nehs — plural in Spanish as in English, four beats in the noun.

lohs pan-tah-LOH-nehs — plural in Spanish as in English, four beats in the noun.

los pantalones /los pan.taˈlo.nes/

Four syllables, pan-ta-LO-nes, beat on the second-to-last, as the default rule prescribes. The singular "pantalón" needs an accent, because dropping the -es leaves the word ending in n where the default would stress TA — so the plural is unmarked and the singular is marked, which is the reverse of what learners expect.

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Sound it out

los A bright forward l, a pure "oh", and a hissing s. The plural article, unstressed.

pan An unaspirated p, a wide-open "ah", and a released n.

ta A dental t with no puff of air and a second wide "ah".

lo A bright l and a pure "oh", carrying the stress.

nes A clean n, a short "eh", and a final hissing s marking the plural.

Hear it in a sentence

Estos pantalones me quedan grandes.

These pants are too big on me.

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"Estos pantalones me quedan grandes" uses "quedar" in the sense of fitting, which works like "gustar" — the trousers do the fitting and "me" receives it. "Quedan" has a silent u after the q. "Grandes" agrees in the plural.

Where English speakers slip

Four syllables invite English reduction, giving "pan-tuh-LOAN-ez". Every vowel should stay clear: ah, ah, oh, eh. The final s then gets voiced into a z. And note the fitting construction — "me quedan grandes" means they are too big on me, while "son grandes" would just describe the trousers.