How to pronounce taboo in British English
“taboo” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to taboo the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “taboo” in: all accents · American English (40 clips)
“taboo” in real sentences — British speakers
140 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Menstruation is still taboo and body hair is still taboo.
The Scottish Parliament
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such taboo, no silence exists.
UK Parliament
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organised crime and create that taboo and stigma.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “taboo”
Words one sound away from taboo — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “taboo”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of taboo. 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.