
A thank-you message
As you well know, Forvo is a collaborative project in which the community takes a vital importance. If something is clear to us, it is that, without the help of our loyal users, we could not have become a reference in the promotion and learning...

Most visited words in 2020
Forvo, the world's largest pronunciation dictionary, has released its list of the most consulted words of 2020. Can you guess what words or names we could be talking about? It's no surprise that the pandemic has had a big impact on this...

What is coming next in Forvo?
Many of you have shown an interest recently in what we are currently working on in Forvo and we wanted to share with you the things are coming the following months. Specifically, we are working hard on three different aspects: On the one...

New app for travel available!
We are excited about the new app that we have launched for travel lovers! Launching the new guide section was really appreciated by our users and we thought it was high time we could offer an app that would support this section. We...

Forvo Kids, new app already available!
During the last months, we have been working hard to develop some apps for learning different languages directed to children. In the first stage, we decided to launch the English and Basque versions of the app. And after the positive...

New language page is available!
In order to enrich the user experience, we are continually trying to come up with new features. Recently we have been working on the language page and we are glad to announce that the first step has already been taken. Now our users can learn...

More languages in the traduction service!
Exciting news about our translation service! We're pleased to announce that more languages are available in our translation service. Until now, we could choose three possible languages as the source language: English, French and Spanish....

The new Travel Guide section now available!
These last months we have been working in order to satisfy our users' demands, who asked for a new section that would be useful when travelling. Thanks to the help and collaboration of many users, we could create a new section of travel...

Our 350th language is here! Which one is it?
We're glad to announce that we've added a new language to our already wide list. Although it is not currently used in our everyday live, we believe it is a great idea to add this language for educational purposes. We are talking about...

Talysh, a new language now available
We're glad to announce that we've added a new language to our list: Talysh. With about 900,000 speakers, the Talysh is a Northwestern Iranian language and the southern regions of Azerbaijan and includes many dialects usually divided...

How can I improve my English pronunciation?
How do I improve my English pronunciation is a question we get asked a lot on Forvo. Many of you use Forvo to help improve your language skills in a variety of languages, but English - widely considered to be the international language of...

New quick recorder
We've made it easier and quicker to record pronunciations on Forvo with the release of our new quick recorder. Now when you record a pronunciation, instead of going back to the pending lists you'll be presented automatically with the next...

Accelerated Mobile Pages
We're excited to announce that Forvo pronunciations will now be much faster to access on mobile devices. We've optimised our site to include Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) for all word pronunciation pages meaning that if you search for...
eLearning now on Android!
Forvo's new eLearning section has been up and running on the site for a couple of months and we're delighted with the response. Thousands of you have logged on to the tool which is designed to help you learn better pronunciation in...

Are you saying Clinton and Trump correctly?
You might think it's an easy question to answer, but there certainly appear to be variations in the way people pronounce the surnames of the US presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Some speakers will pronounce the...

New feature! eLearning comes to Forvo
Those of you who use Forvo regularly know that learning a language gives you the ability not only to communicate better, but also to learn, enjoy and interact with others. Former South African president Nelson Mandela once said, “Without...