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# How to pronounce "cake walk" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/ˈkeɪk.wɔk/`
- **Native Audio Recording**: [Listen to Audio Clip](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/En-us-cakewalk.ogg/En-us-cakewalk.ogg.mp3)
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **ca·ke·walk**
- **Parts of Speech**: noun, verb
- **NOUN**: A contest in which cake was offered for the best dancers.
- **NOUN**: The style of music associated with such a contest.
- **VERB**: To perform the cakewalk dance.

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (3 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "cake walk" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "belt i'm gonna go to a world cup which is like three stages down or four stages down from like the olympic games like this should be like a cake walk like making the final of a world cup should be a walk in the park i show up i barely beat a 16 year old kid barely then i got smoked in the second round i got thrown three times"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 141:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiNpESmPioQ&t=8481s)

### Example 2
> "I don't want this to be a cake walk."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 10:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJjTOuUkK-k&t=650s)

### Example 3
> "Well and it certainly was for me, that I did it because people I knew had done it and so hopefully that chain, which will remain open-ended can keep going. I’m trying to steel myself and know that it’s not going to be a cake walk recovering and that it’s going to involve imposition on people I care about more than I’m usually comfortable with. We have to mark your left side before we go back."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 7:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7EglP5A2Hg&t=431s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [piece of cake](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/piece-of-cake), [walk in the park](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/walk-in-the-park), [child's play](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/childs-play), [breeze](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/breeze), [easy as pie](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/easy-as-pie), [a snap](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/a-snap), [smooth sailing](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/smooth-sailing), [cake](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/cake)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "cake walk" correctly?
"cake walk" is pronounced `/ˈkeɪk.wɔk/`. Syllable breakdown: **ca·ke·walk**.

### What does "cake walk" mean in context?
A contest in which cake was offered for the best dancers.

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