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Gazpacho

Spanish
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A cold Andalusian soup, usually made with tomato, pepper, cucumber, garlic, olive oil, and bread.

Detailed Definition
Gazpacho may seem homely, but in poetry food often becomes a gateway to place, season, class, and memory. As an Andalusian dish, it suggests heat, harvest, kitchens, labour, simplicity, and the freshness of summer. Poets can use it to ground Spanish atmosphere in taste rather than monument: tomato, oil, garlic, bread, and clay bowls. It brings the body into the poem and links landscape to ordinary sustenance.
Example
Example in poetry:
Gazpacho cools the poet's summer verse with imagery of Andalusian freshness and harvest; In gazpacho the bard celebrates simple peasant fare as poetry of the senses; Gazpacho inspires odes to tomatoes, oil, and shared village tables; Poets use gazpacho to ground lofty Spanish themes in earthy daily life; The chilled gazpacho awakens the poet to metaphors of renewal and tradition; Gazpacho's blend mirrors the poet's fusion of Moorish and Christian flavors.
Additional Notes
Gazpacho embodies Andalusian freshness and peasant ingenuity; poets celebrate it as sensory, communal summer rite.
Also Known As
Cold tomato soup Andalusian gazpacho
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