Asked by aj

Look at the Spanish word below and decide if the “d” is pronounced like the English “d”, the English “th”, or extremely soft/omitted.

privada
a.
English “d”
c.
extremely soft/omitted
b.
English “th”

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
b. English “th”

In privada the d is intervocalic, so it's typically the voiced dental fricative [ð] (like the "th" in "this"). In very casual speech it can be very soft or even drop, but the standard pronunciation is the voiced "th"-sound.