How do you pronounce "cimbasso"?

[tclements]

CHIM-bah-so

[Donn]

CHIM-bah-so

Hm, I thought it would be obvious, but it never occurred to me that the stress could be on the first syllable? In this version from what sounds like a native speaker http://www.forvo.com/word/cimbasso/, I hear the stress on the second syllable, albeit made slightly ambiguous by tonal differences that don't translate exactly to English pronunciation.

[tclements]

You say tomato, I say tomato.

[Dan Schultz]

CHIM-bah-so

+1. The 'C' in 'cimbasso' is just like the one in 'cello'.

Anyway... I own one and I'll call it whatever I want!

[MrHidan30]

CHIM-bah-so

I always just called it a "SIM-bah-so". I just figured the C made an S-like sound since it doesn't have an H next to it.

[tclements]

http://www.forvo.com/word/cimbasso/" target="_blank

[GC]

chim-BAH-so

[saktoons]

If I learned this correctly from all of those Sunday dinners at Nonna's house, the "i" gives the "c" a "ch-" sound. The double "s" puts the emphasis on the second syllable.

cheem-BAHSS-oh

[Kevin Hendrick]

Well, you see, its spelled cimbasso, but it's pronounced throat warbler mangrove...

"I vill not buy this cimbasso -- it is scratched!"

[Kevin Hendrick]

"Cimbasso cimbasso cimbasso, cheeps cheeps cheeps, Petsi Petsi Petsi!"

[quesonegro]

chim-BAH-soh

Yup!