chipotle
/tʃɪˈpoʊtleɪ/
chih-POHT-lay 3 syllables · stress on the capitals
US English pronunciation
How to pronounce chipotle
The trap
The ending tle is “tlay”, from Nahuatl through Mexican Spanish. It is not “chi-POT-ul”.
Tip. Say “chih”, stress “POHT”, then “lay”.
Say it in a sentence
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