Archive for the ‘Pronunciation’ Category

Happy 1 million pronunciations!

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

We are celebrating these days our third year online and coinciding with this anniversary we have reached an amazing number of pronunciations: 1,000,000. We have no words to thank you for making this possible but we have a graphic instead :)

Our friend Asier has created this nice infographic where you can see the evolution of Forvo and also the key data in our way.

Let’s go for 2,000,000!

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Top 10 pronunciations of 2010

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

We want our list too! These are the pronunciations that you have listened more times in 2010.

1. Eyjafjallajökull
2. Julian Assange
3. Sláinte
4. Vuvuzela
5. Gnocchi
6. Justin Bieber
7. Taoiseach
8. Viognier
9. Caipirinha
10. Rooibos

Promo codes worldwide

Saturday, December 11th, 2010

With the recent changes in iTunes Store policies we can now extend our 10 promo codes giveaway to download Forvo Pronunciation app for free. Just leave a comment with contact info please.

Update: How to redeem the code.

Top pronunciations in Japanese

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

1. Kawaii
2. arigato gozaimasu
3. hajimemashite
4. itadakimasu
5. Hiroshima
6. Subaru
7. konnichiwa
8. aishiteru
9. doraemon
10. Nigiri-zushi

Top pronunciations in Spanish

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

1. mierda
2. Paella
3. Che Guevara
4. Te quiero
5. gracias
6. Hola
7. Te amo
8. Ibiza
9. Oaxaca
10. México

Pronunciations heard 25 million times

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Do you think Forvo is useful? We hope so :) But here is a nice figure that confims that idea. Do you know how many time have been listened to the pronunciations on Forvo? Well, more than 25 million times. To be exact: 25.307.322.

Top pronunciations in Swedish

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

1. IKEA
2. Lykke Li
3. Mjölner
4. ABBA
5. Sverige
6. Björn
7. Göteborg
8. Järnspikar
9. Jag älskar dig
10. Stellan Skarsgård

Top pronunciations in Russian

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

1. Роман Павлюченко
2. Stolichnaya
3. Mikhail Gorbachev
4. Привет
5. Владимир Владимирович Набоков
6. эрекция
7. здравствуйте
8. Svetlana Kuznetsova
9. Medvedev
10. Dmitri Shostakovich

Top pronunciations in Dutch

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

1. Schiphol
2. Dijkstra
3. Godverdomme
4. Gouda
5. Scheveningen
6. Dirk Kuyt
7. Hoegaarden
8. Hieronymus Bosch
9. Utrecht
10. Piet Mondrian

Top pronunciations in Portuguese

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

1. Ronaldinho
2. João
3. Paulo Coelho
4. Rio de Janeiro
5. Paulo Freire
6. Caipirinha
7. Eu te amo
8. Merda
9. Saudade
10. Ronaldo