In parts of Spain and the whole Latin America there is a "phonetic phenomenom" called "seseo", which is pronouncing words that contain -z- or soft -c- (-ce, -ci) as the sound of letter -s-. This happens generally in the region of Andalusia and the Canary Islands, as well as in Latin America. Here are some examples of how some words would be pronounced with and without seseo:
zapato (with seseo)
zapatoshoe
zapato (without seseo)
zapatoshoe
cerveza (with seseo)
cervezabeer
cerveza (without seseo)
cervezabeer
contaminación (with seseo)
contaminaciónpollution
contaminación (without seseo)
contaminaciónpollution