How do you say 'libero'? Volleyball stars settle the debate 🏐

Hear from players at Big Ten volleyball media day on whether it's "li-ber-o" or "lee-ber-o" #shorts

[camillad]

I'm Italian and LIBERO it's an italian word. It means FREE.
We pronunce it LEE-BE-RO

[lcoolio]

i say "lee-ber-o" it just sounds better 😭

[パステル猫-zy]

I used to say "lee-ber-o" but then I heard everyone say "li-ber-o:

[alvisedoria]

Actually, the girl who was marked wrong ( Amma Smrek ) was the only one who said it right.
P.S. The term comes from Italy and I'm italian.

[notabaguette]

i say lee-ber-o because im japanese and its the proper way to say it in japanese so it feels right to me lol

[Gatsu_Gambino]

Just because you think it's pronounced a certain way doesn't make you right.
If it's said that way in Europe and it's a European product then yes... its pronounced "Lee-ber-o"

[Sugawarakoshi]

that one girl-"if you see lee-ber-o we-we gotta talk about that one-"
sweats*

[mansiondave]

I say sombrero because my daughter gets rowdy when I say lee-ber-o. If she won’t let me say it properly then I just won’t say it 😂

[coffeecup]

Almost everyone in Europe saying “Lee-Ber-O”

[alexandergutfeldt]

I'm european and pronounce it the european (Italian) way, but I have no issue with other pronunciations used by people living in different cultures!

[thezackast]

It's a Latin word, if I'm not mistaken. Meaning the only proper way to pronounce it is lee-baer-oh

[ermwhatthesigma]

I’m learning Italian on Duolingo and the way it’s been teaching me to say it is Lee-be-ro which is an Italian word that means “free”

[lwalto]

It is very common for the same word to have different pronunciations in different countries, so both can be right at the same time. 😊

[kei]

As a libero myself I pronounce lee-be-ro

[Chilipotamus]

The coaches I learned from had the the most country bunpkin accent you could imagine, but they absolutely stressed the pronunciation of lee-ber-o, and I've held on to it ever since

[luisfernandosantosn]

In Brazil it is pronounced in the italian way.

[rowaningram]

nope- i will forever and always pronounce it as ‘lee-ber-o’

it just sounds right 😭

[TheOfficialYN]

As an English speaker from a non-English country, why is everyone in comments saying Li-be-ro is easier to say I struggle more with that than I do ‘Lee-Ber-O’ (which is how I say it btw)

[MaximumEver]

I say ‘Li-ber-o’ because I just say it like that, when my team was working I was doing score sheets, the R1 got mad at me for saying Li-ber-o instead of Lee-ber-o. She kept correcting me and gave me a whole lecture.

[ramroshan]

Why are they all stressing the second syllable? I thought the first syllable had the stress.