About Forvo, the audio pronunciation guide

About Forvo

Forvo is the largest pronunciation guide in the world, the place where you´ll find millions of words pronounced in their original languages. Cool, isn´t it? Be a part of this cultural phenomenon now!

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Forvo was born as an idea in 2007, and is online since January 2008. Just a year later Forvo became the largest pronunciation guide in the world with audio pronunciations in more than 200 languages.

The owner of this site is Forvo Media SL, from San Sebastián (Spain). If you want more information about Forvo contact us here.

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Félix Vela

Web Consulting and Development. I love working at a startup and networking, contact me!

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Israel Rondón

I'm a Web Creator. Forvo Creator. Mostly related to visual stuff. Design. UX. I always reply to emails. Really.

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Joel Gonçalves

I'm a freelance web developer with 10 years of experience and technology enthusiast, big fan of skiing, foreign languages, and movies (in original version!)

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