How do you really say, Camilo Villegas? I'm sure it doesn't sound like Vi-jay-gus as the commentators say it.

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and I believe the golf commentators are wrong.

Answer 1

Camilo pronounces his last name as bee-jay-gus. I know because I asked him when I got an autograph.

Answer 2

You're right, they're wrong -- but it's the closest their American mouths can get to what it really is.

The double-l sound in Castillian (there it is again) Spanish takes on a sort of "rolling-l followed by a y" sound. In Mexican and South American Spanish, it's more of a straight "y" sound.
Thus "La Jolla" -- a town in San Diego, CA -- is pronounced "La Hoya"...but a town with the same name in Spain would be "La Holliya".

Villegas pronounces his name "Vee-yay-gas", since he's from Colombia, which doesn't use the traditional Spanish pronounciation. I don't know why the commentators have such a hard time with it -- heck, there's even a PGA tournament held every year in La Jolla (The Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines)! :)

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Two L's together in Spanish have the sound of the letter "Y" ...and often after the "V" sound, going into the "Y" sound can slip and sound like a "jay" sound. I'm betting they are pronouncing it fairly correctly. I'd try saying Vi-yay-gus, though.

Peace. --De

Answer 5

i think that everyone is actually right. in some south american countries the double L is pronounced like a ch sound or j.

Answer 6

camilo would belike pronounced kaMILLo
villegas would be like veeYEAHgus