Barranqueras

English translation: Bah-ron-care-as

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English term or phrase:Barranqueras
Selected answer:Bah-ron-care-as
Entered by: Mohamed A. Moustafa

15:10 Oct 13, 2010
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Barranqueras
How to say this name in English?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barranqueras
Mohamed A. Moustafa
United States
Bah-ron-care-as
Explanation:
I would put the accent in English on the 'care' syllable.

How I would say it in the USA.
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jccantrell
United States
Local time: 11:00
Grading comment
Thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5Barrankeeras
Fahd Hassanein
5listen to it
airmailrpl
2 +2Bah-ron-care-as
jccantrell
3Barrankeras
Yasutomo Kanazawa


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
barranqueras
Bah-ron-care-as


Explanation:
I would put the accent in English on the 'care' syllable.

How I would say it in the USA.

jccantrell
United States
Local time: 11:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fahd Hassanein: Of course I guess this is more accurate than my one :)!
2 mins

agree  Kim Metzger
11 mins

agree  Thayenga
1 hr

disagree  Constantinos Faridis (X): buenos aires in English is boo-an-os-i-ress???
14 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
barranqueras
Barrankeeras


Explanation:
This is how it is pronounced. Barrankeeras. Good luck!

Fahd Hassanein
Türkiye
Local time: 21:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
barranqueras
Barrankeras


Explanation:
Barr as in barricade, anca as in Paul Anka, and que as in the letter "k" except it's shorter, and ras as in rascal.

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 03:00
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
barranqueras
listen to it


Explanation:
http://translate.google.com/?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&lay...|en|Barranqueras

copy and paste the link above and then click on the source side "listen" button

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 15:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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