--- title: "How to pronounce \"stroppy\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"stroppy\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/XeHMDBzpcv4/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/stroppy" --- # How to pronounce "stroppy" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/ˈstɹɒpi/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **strop·py** - **Stress**: **STROP** — say this syllable louder and longer - **Native Audio**: [Listen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/En-au-stroppy.ogg/En-au-stroppy.ogg.mp3) ## Meaning & Usage ### ADJECTIVE - Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with. - *Example*: "In this case, the application of the famous method was a little shaky. To be fair, the director was dealing with a pretty stroppy cast." ### Example Sentences - "In this case, the application of the famous method was a little shaky. To be fair, the director was dealing with a pretty stroppy cast." - "say we know students, teenagers can be stroppy." - "And, they probably really regretted it during my stroppy teenage years when, predictably, I questioned their authority a lot." ### Common Phrases - independent stroppy - stroppy horrible - stroppy teenager - stroppy teenage ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (7 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "stroppy" in real conversation: ### Example 1 *Accent: UK* > "say we know students, teenagers can be stroppy." - **Watch at 4:07**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeHMDBzpcv4&t=247s) ### Example 2 > "I don't think they knew where it might lead. And, they probably really regretted it during my stroppy teenage years when, predictably, I questioned their authority a lot. And a lot of my school teachers didn't appreciate it much either." - **Watch at 1:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFJ9WAHowcg&t=62s) ### Example 3 *Accent: UK* > "after her but she's just really difficult she's like a really stroppy horrible teenager and you said that feeding is the key I mean if you don't" - **Watch at 4:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pthxKFAFj4U&t=258s) ### Example 4 *Accent: UK* > "hired some um uh when we went to New York it all kicked off in New York they got really really stroppy and I was" - **Watch at 1:56**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVsh0QPuPxo&t=116s) ### Example 5 *Accent: UK* > "you don't know what to do and you've entered that on the thing is even if you're quite an independent stroppy" - **Watch at 7:58**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXzaRDjMW8o&t=478s) ### Example 6 *Accent: UK* > "at home with her family as well you kind of feel with a work face or and then you see at home which is a stroppy teenager and she's affected by" - **Watch at 2:10**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUh_ERwN5Io&t=130s) ### Example 7 *Accent: UK* > "the stuff that you put on the back of her neck to make sure that she's uh flea free we have to glove up because she's so supposed to stroppy and she growls a" - **Watch at 5:20**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pthxKFAFj4U&t=320s) ## How to Pronounce "stroppy" - **Syllables**: strop · py - **Stress**: STROP — say this syllable louder and longer - **IPA**: `/ˈstɹɒpi/` - **Listen for**: the stressed /STROP/ in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Words ### Word Forms [stroppier](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/stroppier), [stroppiest](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/stroppiest), [stroppily](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/stroppily), [stroppiness](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/stroppiness) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “stroppy”? “stroppy” is pronounced /ˈstɹɒpi/ (strop · py). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “stroppy”? “stroppy” has 2 syllables: strop · py. ### Where is the stress in “stroppy”? The primary stress in “stroppy” is on “STROP”. Listen for that stressed syllable in the clips above. ### What does “stroppy” mean? Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with. ### How can I hear “stroppy” used in real sentences? This page has 7 real-world video examples of “stroppy” with synchronized subtitles. 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