judío

/xuˈdio/ · A2 · adj

Jewish

From Latin Iudaeus = of Judea; same root as English Jew and Judaism

Spanish j is the throaty /x/, so judío starts like hoo-DEE-oh. Latin Iudaeus (from Judah) gave Spanish judío and English Jew. The accent on í splits the ending into two syllables: ju-dí-o.

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