Spanish question.?

Question

I speak Spanish fluently (second language) and I have always wondered about the pronunciation phenomenon that takes place and how it is accurately pronounced. This happens when a 'rr' sound procedes an 's'. Example: Mas rapido. When I hear native speakers say this word, they often seem to
"eat" the 's' so it sounds more like "Ma rapido". For me, I can accomplish saying it accurately if I say "Mas (pause) rapido...but to connect it together "masrrapido" well it sounds tangled and I end up making a "whistling" sound when I say it...kind funny!. So, what do you all say about it? Gracias!

Answer 1

You're right! I'm a Spanish native and I had never thought about it .. but now that I say it, it sounds like Marrapido, or Erreal (Es real), or Harroto (Has roto), etc.
What I do is say a stronger "rr"

good point!

besos!

Answer 2

You´re right, I am a Spanish speaker and in "mas rápido" the "S" dissapears it sounds like "mahh rapido" but say it with a pause, you will be understood and it´s difficult to copy the pronounciation of a native spanish speaker.
There are many words in which we eat the "s"
Despierto, mismo, basta, the "s" sounds like an "h"

Answer 3

Just keep it as Mas Rapido. The natives will say it quickly becuase they are just used to it. We say it with a pause because it is not native to us. We slang English and they slang Spanish.

Answer 4

The tendency Spanish-speakers have is to aspirate (eat) the "s" sound when it is located at the end of a syllabic group, so, it's normal in some of our LatinAmerican countries to hear things like "mah rápido".
Since the aim is to communicate with the others, what really matters is the fact that they can understand you, no matter how you say it, más rápido, or mah rápido, of course, as much as it doesn`t represent a significant difference in pronunciation and meaning.
;)

Answer 5

It is just a matter of practice. In the meantime keep saying it with a pause in between.

más .....rápido

Answer 6

Adam, I live in the Dominican Rep, and here it is the same problem. But in other countries and languages the same is happening.. so....

Answer 7

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