Right. I'd also forgotten about the word "fuego" as in "tierra del
fuego" which I've known since a child and it's definitely got the "w."
Also, Google Translate's pronunciation is not bad for Spanish words if
you need an approximate modern pronunciation ( it has audio).
Garry
On 3/27/2012 11:08 AM, Francesco Tribioli wrote:
I pronounce it the same way as I pronounce "quesadilla" or "que." In other
words, like the English word "day." I don't insert a "w" sound in there,
but
the Spanish I learned (last year) was Mexican Spanish (and I may not be
pronouncing that correctly). So, I pronounce it "Fayn-yah-na."
I'm not Spanish either but "queso", "quesadilla" etc. are without the "w"
because the first letter is the "q". Fuenllana should be pronounced as
"suerte", "fuerza" etc. that is with the "w"...
Francesco
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