what is the correct pronunciation of "tortilla"?

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tor-till-a

or

tor-tee-a

2007-12-23 11:07:03 · 5 answers · asked by Gruntled Employee 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay

tor-tee-a
but really its
tor-tiya,
with the duble L sound.
like in Yam.

2007-12-23 11:35:29 · answer #1 · answered by soulmate (HERE & FOUND) 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Tor tee yuh. In Spanish, double "LL's" are prounonunced like a "y"

2007-12-23 11:40:45 · answer #2 · answered by Suzy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

tor-ti-lla the pronunciation is thor-tee-ya
check the audio pronunciation at this URL:
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?tortil01.wav=tortilla

2007-12-23 12:04:45 · answer #3 · answered by gospieler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

tÃ¶rtÄ(l)'ya
(Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary)

2007-12-23 14:35:16 · answer #4 · answered by greenhorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

torteeya

or torteezhuh

2007-12-24 03:12:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋