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Is it Co-ee-va? The h is silent, and the b between the two vowels is a soft b that's in between the sound of b and v?

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  • I think that in Spain is Co-e-ba. There is practically no distinction in how we pronounce ba and va. I don't know why you duplicated the e.
    – RubioRic
    Commented Jun 13 at 4:12
  • @RubioRic the duplicated "e" seems like mapping a Spanish "i" into a similar sounding English "ee" as in "keep, sheep, deep" etc, vs a single English "e" as in "let, vet, debt"
    – Peter M
    Commented Jun 13 at 14:15
  • @PeterM I know, I know. Too many languages. Thanks!
    – RubioRic
    Commented Jun 13 at 15:23

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La pronunciación, usando el IPA chart es:

/koiβa/

Para tener un ejemplo, esta es similar a la pronunciación de la palabra cohibamos:

En este video de youtube mencionan la marca. La pronunciación es por un Español, que no es muy distinta de la latinoamericana.

Finalmente, mi pronunciación, en el siguiente audio:

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