How to pronounce rio in British English
“rio” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to rio the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “rio” in: all accents · American English (356 clips)
“rio” in real sentences — British speakers
40 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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However, at Rio they came back and had a great games.
The Scottish Parliament
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increase in their budget so they can go for gold in Rio and Tokyo.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “rio”
Words one sound away from rio — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “rio”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of rio. 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.