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.

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

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
a. English “d”

Explanation: At the start of a word (dulce) Spanish d is a voiced stop [d], similar to English "d". It becomes the softer [ð] (like English "th" in "this") only between vowels.