How to pronounce petra
Listen to petra 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.
“petra” in real sentences
89 clips in the index · 26 American · 8 British · 4 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Petra archaeological site.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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>> Petra Schweinhardt: Hello, everybody.
NIH · hear it here
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Parliament in the name of Petra Biberbach.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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any other history of Petra, which I really liked.
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of petra. 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.