How do you pronounce Santander?

[RainingBatsAndFrogs]

When referring to the Insurance / banking co?

I have always said San Tan Dare but yesterday on the radio it was pronounced san tan duh .

San tan dare. I'm still stinging at them changing from Alliance and Leicester and losing my 5% interest on savings! Those were the days....

The first pronunciation.

I speak Castilian rather than Catalan so I could be wrong but I would say
San tan dayrr (soft r with a slight roll on it though)

I do it wrong, and add an extra syllable
San tan day er

You pronounce it the Spanish ("correct") way. Except in Spanish we roll the last 'r'

San-tan-der

They say san-tan-dare in their adverts so I am assuming that is correct!

@BeesAnkles

You pronounce it the Spanish ("correct") way. Except in Spanish we roll the last 'r'

Just to clarify, I mean you are pronouncing it correctly, OP.

I think I say more San Tawn Dare 🤔

Abbey National.

San Tan Der

San tan dare. It’s how they pronounce it themselves in their adverts!

San tan day er.

Which in a slightly different accent is probably San tan dare

San tan dare

San tan dare is correct for those of us incapable of rolling our r’s ()

You are right and the radio was wrong. I speak Spanish and San tan dare is a close English pronunciation of their name because they're a Spanish bank.

I always say Santan-duh, I'm pretty sure that's not the correct pronunciation but I'd feel silly saying Santan-dair.

San tan dare, like they do in their adverts.

Good!

I assumed it was pronounced as close as I can get to the Spanish city, but then wondered, after listening to the radio (R4 news, too!) if I was being pretentious.

LOL at Abbey National. Their Insurance is now run by Aviva, anyway - or should I say Norwich Union.