How to pronounce brakes in American English
“brakes” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to brakes the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “brakes” in: all accents · British English (80 clips)
“brakes” in real sentences — American speakers
544 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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functioning brakes means brakes with performance equivalent to the four recommended OE brakes for the unaltered
NTSB
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your perusal on the brakes.
Dept of Justice
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DIANDRA LESLIE-PELECKY: Fading brakes.
NSF
Words that sound like “brakes”
Words one sound away from brakes — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “brakes”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of brakes. 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.