How do you say "Cocido Madrileño" in Spanish?

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Cocido Madrileño
How Do You Say "Cocido Madrileño"?

koh/THEE/thoh mah/three/LEH/nyoh
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What is "Cocido Madrileño"?

‘Cocido Madrileño’*(m)  is a famous regional stew – the literal meaning is ‘Madrid stew’. Traditionally it always contains chickpeas (garbanzos) and meat. You will find regional variations of this dish throughout Spain, but pulses and meat are always featured.

A cocido is properly served in 3 courses (‘tres vuelcos’ pronounced ‘trehs BWEHL/kohs’).
·         The first is known as the ‘sota’ (the ‘jack’ in playing cards) – here the liquid from the cocida is served as a soup;
·         The second course is the ‘caballo’ (‘horse’ pronounced ‘kah/BAH/yoh’) – the vegetables from the cocido;
·         The third course is the ‘rey’ (‘king’ pronounced ‘ray’) – the meat from the cocido.
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This is a singular masculine noun and adjective, which is why both words end in ‘-o’. Spanish feminine nouns and their agreeing adjectives usually end in ‘-o’ in the singular form, but there are exceptions. See Spanish notes for more details.
A ‘cocido’ is treated with the same reverence in Spain as a ‘cassoulet’ (also a stew based on meat and pulses) is in France.


cocido madrileño

koh/THEE/thoh mah/three/LEH/nyoh
These are Spanish words, so you pronounce each syllable. The stress is on the penultimate (second to last) syllable in each case.
  1. The ‘o‘s are pronounced closest to the ‘o’ in ‘hot’;
  2. In Spanish, a ‘c’ followed by an ‘i’ or an ‘e’ softens as in English – think of words such as ‘cinema’, and ‘city’ where the ‘c’ softens to an ‘s’ sound. Depending on the dialect spoken, the ‘c’ thus modified will either sound like an English ‘s’ (in Latin American countries), or like the English ‘th’ sound in ‘thin’ (in Spain);
  3. The ‘i‘s are pronounced more like the English ‘ee’ sound in ‘see‘ than the English ‘i’ sound in ‘sit’. Other good references are the ‘i’ in ‘machine’, and the English name ‘Tina’;
  4. The Spanish ‘d’s here are correctly pronounced like the English ‘th’ sound in ‘the’. English speakers may be better off saying it like the English‘d’; *More info
  5. The ‘a‘ is pronounced closest to the ‘a’ in ‘father’, and the ‘lah’ in ‘do re mi’. ‘Mamma’ pronounced Italian style is the best reference;
  6. The ‘e‘ sounds like the ‘e’ in ‘egg’;
  7. The tilde (~) over the ‘ñ’ gives it an ‘ny’ sound, as in canyon.
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The Spanish ‘d’ is pronounced as in English after a pause, ‘n’ or ‘l’. In all other cases, notably between vowels, it is pronounced with a softer ‘th’ sound in ‘the’. This applies across Latin-American and Spanish (from Spain) pronunciation. 
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