Back to Regions
caribbean · Panama
Panama (Urban / Coastal)
caribbeanintermediate
Panama · Panama City / Coastal
Panamanian Spanish drops whole unstressed syllables in casual speech (syncopation) and softens rather than deletes the infinitival /r/.
Syncopation: whole syllables elideSoftened infinitival /r/Aspirated coda /s/
Live example
Transformed live against this preset's phonetic matrix.
Transforming…
Hear it
A/B where you're starting from against this accent, for the same sentence. That first clip is your own accent when you've said how you speak, and your language's reference variety when you haven't — the player says which.
Compare — Where you're starting from vs. the accent you're building
Synthetic/robotic voice (espeak), not a native speaker.
Active features
Every phonetic parameter that deviates from this schema’s diffing anchor, with a plain-English gloss.
| Feature | Value | Meaning | Drill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed Languagesmixed_languages | — | Drill | |
| R Infinitiver_infinitive | soften | Drill | |
| Jota Realizationjota_realization | glottal_h | Drill | |
| Vowel Reductionvowel_reduction | nasalized_open | Drill | |
| Hiatus Resolutionhiatus_resolution | syncopate | Drill | |
| Syncopationsyncopation | Yes | Drill | |
| Intonation Contourintonation_contour | caribbean_staccato | Drill | |
| Speech Ratespeech_rate | fast | Drill |