how to pronounce ghetto

/ˈɡɛtoʊ/

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ghetto is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of ghetto in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… live in the American ghetto are good …”

meaning of ghetto

Ghetto is a neighborhood in a city that is typically poor and has a high crime rate.

ghetto frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word ghetto occurs in english on average 3.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.