How to pronounce rio in American English
“rio” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to rio the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “rio” in: all accents · British English (40 clips)
“rio” in real sentences — American speakers
356 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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situation on the border, on the Rio Grande – Río Bravo, as we call it –
State Department
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in the Rio Grande Valley.
The Obama White House
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places with a name change - Rio Community CDP, now Rio Community City, and Kirtland CDP,
Census Bureau
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.