How to pronounce "blow up" in English
ˈbloʊ.ʌp
BLOH·uhp
Primary stress: BLOH
Hear native speakers say blow up in context across real video clips
Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “blow up”
Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence
Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution
BLOH
Gliding diphthong with sustained vocal resonance.
uhp
Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.
Primary emphasis falls on the first syllable ("BLOH"). Elevate your pitch and sustain the vowel length on this syllable while relaxing the surrounding syllables.
Common Pronunciation Traps & Learner Mistakes
The Trap: Avoid pronouncing every vowel with full acoustic weight. Non-native speakers often over-enunciate unstressed vowels.
How Native Speakers Say It: Only give full vowel clarity to the primary stressed syllable. Relax all unstressed vowels into a neutral, low-energy schwa (⁄ə⁄).
Connected Speech & Natural Conversational Flow
When "blow up" is followed by a word starting with a vowel, glide the final consonant into the opening vowel (e.g. "blow up is" sounds like "blow up-iz").
In natural sentences, avoid over-stressing "blow up" unless it conveys the core contrast or focal point of your message.
Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context
“blow up medical problems, so the people are getting very poor information on it.”— YaleCoursesWatch clip
“blow up right so i just don't have enough time to compute all the possible contact configurations of my humanoid”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“blow up on a client well there's nobody there who can talk about what the Trek is that now”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“blow up a detail of the waveform it looks the same in the same way as a um a”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“blow up the entirety of the South Pars gas field at an amount of strength and”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“blow up was that Putin and Russia was the only Winner Is that how that moment”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
Practice Speaking “blow up”
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Hear it in context: “blow up”
1,586 clipsThe English word “blow up” is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as ˈbloʊ.ʌp (phonetic respelling: BLOH-uhp). Phonologically, it consists of 2 syllables (BLOH · uhp), with primary lexical stress placed on the 1st (initial) syllable (BLOH). Grammatically, “blow up” functions as a noun. SayItVid indexes 1,586 authentic English video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “blow up” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from Harvard University, YaleCourses.
Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)
- 🇺🇸 USHarvard UniversityClip #1 · @32:03
“issue. Uh, that's right. Yeah, you could use pair independent hash functions and blow up t by a lot. Yeah, t your final sketch will have even more than n squ rows. That's right. And actually in fact these hes will be”
- 🇺🇸 USYaleCoursesClip #2 · @21:33
“they're opposed to the use of contraception and they really blow up medical problems, so the people are getting very poor information on it. poor information on it.”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #3 · @103:36
“separately or differently and the combinatorics of that blow up right so i just don't have enough time to compute all the possible contact configurations of my humanoid all the possible contact configurations of my humanoid”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #4 · @36:00
“know you know two years ago I saw him blow up on a client well there's nobody there who can talk about what the Trek is that now client well there's nobody there who can”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #5 · @25:50
“however um much you focus it. So if you blow up a detail of the waveform it looks the same in the same way as a um a looks the same in the same way as a um a”
Definition & Meaning: “blow up”
- An explosion or a sudden angry outburst of temper.
Example Sentences (3)
- “Their disagreement resulted in a major blowup during the meeting.”
- “blow up t by a lot. Yeah, t your final sketch will have even more than n squ”
- “blow up medical problems, so the people are getting very poor information on it.”
Pronounce: “blow up”
- Pronunciation:
- BLOH-uhp
- Syllables:
- BLOH · uhp
- Written Hyphenation:
- blow · up
- Primary stress:
- BLOH
- IPA:
- ˈbloʊ.ʌp
- Hear it in context
- blow up
Words that Sound Identical (Homophones)
Unique Sound"blow up" (⁄ˈbloʊ.ʌp⁄) has no true homophones in standard English — there are no other words with identical pronunciation. Unlike sound-alike pairs like there / their or peace / piece, "blow up" has a completely distinct phonetic identity.
Frequently asked questions about blow up
How do you pronounce “blow up”?
“blow up” is pronounced ⁄ˈbloʊ.ʌp⁄ (BLOH-uhp). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.
How many syllables are in “blow up”?
“blow up” has 2 syllables: BLOH · uhp.
Where is the stress in “blow up”?
The primary stress in “blow up” is on “BLOH”. Listen for that stressed syllable in the clips above.
What does “blow up” mean?
An explosion or a sudden angry outburst of temper.
How can I hear “blow up” used in real sentences?
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What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “blow up”?
Avoid pronouncing every vowel with full acoustic weight. Non-native speakers often over-enunciate unstressed vowels. Only give full vowel clarity to the primary stressed syllable. Relax all unstressed vowels into a neutral, low-energy schwa (⁄ə⁄).