How to pronounce san in American English
“san” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to san the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “san” in: all accents · British English (92 clips)
“san” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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California San Francisco.
NIH
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San Francisco and Austin.
State Department
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Female Speaker: San Diego.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “san”
Words one sound away from san — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “san”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of san. 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.