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Syllabic breakdown:\u00a0ra-to<\/p>\n
Sounds like: RRAH-tho<\/span><\/p>\n Use in a sentence!<\/b><\/p>\n Voy a salir en un <\/span>rato<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n I am going to leave in a little bit.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Hace <\/span>rato<\/span> que habl\u00e9 con Mar\u00eda.<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s been a little bit since I\u2019ve spoken to Maria.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Pronunciation tips:<\/b><\/p>\n When a word begins with the letter \u201cr\u201d in Spanish, you must roll your tongue to pronounce it correctly. <\/span><\/p>\n Tongue rolling can be tricky for some native English speakers. If you have trouble rolling your Rs, try taking a breath and allow some slight airflow just at the start of the word. The very tip of your tongue should touch the roof of your mouth just behind your teeth, almost as if you were going to say a word that started with the letter \u201cd\u201d. The resulting effect is almost like the purring of a cat.<\/span><\/p>\n The \u201ct\u201d in the word \u201crato\u201d is pronounced \u201cthicker\u201d than the English \u201ct\u201d. Whereas in English the \u201ct\u201d sounds more \u201cairy\u201d or \u201ccrackly,\u201d the sounds closer like the \u201cth\u201d sounds in the word \u201cthem\u201d, though not as soft.<\/span><\/p>\n Remember it:<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cRato\u201d refers to a \u201crate\u201d of time.<\/span><\/p>\n https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/xT1XGLSb5E1VjIUw4E\/giphy.gif<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (el) rato\u00a0 rato = a little while; a brief, arbitrary amount of time\u00a0\u00a0(noun, masculine) Say\u00a0it out loud! Syllabic breakdown:\u00a0ra-to Sounds like: RRAH-tho Use in a sentence! Voy a salir en un rato. I am going to leave in a little bit. Hace rato que habl\u00e9 con Mar\u00eda. It\u2019s been a little bit since I\u2019ve spoken… Read More Word of the Week: Rato<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[15,26,38,43,50,51,54],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-words","tag-amiga","tag-languages","tag-rato","tag-spanish","tag-spanish-vocabulary","tag-spanish-words","tag-word-of-the-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spanishamiga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spanishamiga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spanishamiga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spanishamiga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spanishamiga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spanishamiga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spanishamiga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spanishamiga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spanishamiga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spanishamiga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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