How to pronounce mates in American English
“mates” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to mates the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “mates” in: all accents · British English (114 clips)
“mates” in real sentences — American speakers
441 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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how adult females choose their mates.
NSF
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also I uh would like that my crew mates I'd like for my crew mates to
NASA
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presidential running mates is to Senator McCain.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “mates”
Words one sound away from mates — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “mates”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of mates. 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.