How to pronounce est
Listen to est in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“est” in real sentences
148 clips in the index · 42 American · 33 British · 4 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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She said Que le bon Dieu est est bon.
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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EST was never properly capitalized.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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found the raggedy-est dress.
The Moth · hear it here
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same line, "Carthago delenda est.
Oxford Union · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of est. 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.