How to pronounce behaves in British English
“behaves” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to behaves the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “behaves” in: all accents · American English (220 clips)
“behaves” in real sentences — British speakers
39 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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that nobody behaves any differently.
The Scottish Parliament
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If everyone behaves impeccably and takes no more than nine minutes, including
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “behaves”
Words one sound away from behaves — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “behaves”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of behaves. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.