How to pronounce Jorge
Spanish · Spain
IPA: /ˈxoɾ.xe/
- JorHOR (stressed)
- geheh
Voice: synthetic.
Stress
Jor·ge
First syllable: HOR.
The common mistake
- Not
George - Not
JOR-jee
But HOR-heh
Origin and meaning
The Spanish and Portuguese form of George, from the Greek Georgios.
Meaning: “farmer, earthworker”
Variants and namesakes
- Portuguese (Brazil): /ˈʒɔɾ.ʒi/
- The same name with soft zh sounds.
- Jorge Luis Borges
- Argentine writer, 1899–1986.
Sources
- Syllables
- en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jorge
- The common mistake
- Worked out from the IPA (Wiktionary): [x] for both J and G.
- Variants and namesakes
- behindthename.com/name/jorge (Brazilian Portuguese IPA; Borges)
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