Is there any difference in pronunciation between "cazé" and "cacé"?

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Is there any difference in pronunciation between "cazé" and "cacé"?

I'm thinking they should sound the same in both peninsular and Latin American Spanish. If that's true then why the spelling change?

This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Conjugate-zar verbs in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)"

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InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

Hola Ruthann

Pronunciation would be the same. However it is a question of orthographic rules. Before an -e or an -i, for a [z] sound we will always write it with a -c. We don't have words with -ze or -zi, they will all be written ce or ci.

Some examples are: cine, cena, hacer, encima, Francisco, cisne, acelerar..

Hope this helps

Saludos

Inma

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Is there any difference in pronunciation between "cazé" and "cacé"?

I'm thinking they should sound the same in both peninsular and Latin American Spanish. If that's true then why the spelling change?

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