Asked by ja

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

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

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
c. extremely soft/omitted

Explanation: final -d in Spanish is usually weakened (a very soft voiced dental sound or often dropped in casual speech). In careful speech it may sound a bit like the voiced "th" (as in "this"), but it's not a hard English "d".