How to pronounce portico
“portico” pronunciation in American and British English
Listen to portico 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.
Hear “portico” in: American English (88 clips)
“portico” in real sentences
129 clips in the index · 88 American · 1 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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This is the West Portico.
The Royal Society
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the North Portico door was unlocked?
The Obama White House
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Well, it's actually the UCL portico.
The Royal Institution
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entering through a portico that has these columns on it.
WIRED
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of portico. 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.