Spanish Alphabet Pronunciation
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| 1. Learning Spanish Alphabet or El Abecedario | 2. Pronunciation of Spanish Alphabet |
| 3. Spanish Language Fact | |
Note:- There are 4 extra letters in the Spanish alphabet.
| 1 | Letter | Spanish Pronunciation | Example | English |
| 2 | a | “a” in “father” | mano (MAH-noh) | hand |
| 3 | b | “b” in “box” | bella (BEH-yah) | pretty |
| 4 | c | “c” in “call” | caja (KAH-hhah) | box |
| 5 | c | “c” in “city” | cine (SIH-neh) | movies |
| 6 | ch | “ch” in “change” | chicle (CHIH-kleh) | gum |
| 7 | d | “d” in “deck” | día (DIH-ah) | day |
| 8 | e | “e” in “pen” | pera (PEH-rah) | pear |
| 9 | f | “f” in “fine” | fe (feh) | faith |
| 10 | g | “g” in “go” | ganar (gah-NAHR) | to win |
| 11 | g | a hard “h” | gemelo (hheh-MEH-loh) | twin |
| 12 | h | silent | hola (OH-lah) | hello |
| 13 | i | “ee” in “seen” | listo (LIH-stoh) | ready |
| 14 | j | a hard “h” | justo (HHOOS-toh) | just |
| 15 | k | “k” in “karma” | kiosco (KYOH-skoh) | kiosk |
| 16 | l | “l” in “lick” | lado (LAH-doh) | side |
| 17 | ll | “y” in “yay” or “j” in “déjà vu” | llanto (YAHN-toh, ZHAHN-toh) | crying |
| 18 | m | “m” in “more” | mayo (MAH-yoh) | May |
| 19 | n | “n” in “nickel” | nada (NAH-dah) | nothing |
| 20 | ñ | similar to “ni” in “onion” | niño (NIH-nyoh) | child |
| 21 | o | “o” in “more” | mosca (MOHS-kah) | fly |
| 22 | p | “p” in “open” | país (pah-EES) | country |
| 23 | q | “q” in “quiet” | queso (KEH-soh) | cheese |
| 24 | r | a hard “r” sound, like “tt” in “matter” | oro (OH-roh), | gold |
| 25 | s | “s” in “smart” | sonar (soh-NAHR) | to ring |
| 26 | t | “t” in “stay” | tocar (toh-KAHR) | to touch |
| 27 | u | “oo” in “boot” | tuyo (TOOH-yoh) | yours |
| 28 | v | between “v” and “b” | vencer (vehn-SEHR, behn-SEHR) | to overcome |
| 29 | w | “w” in “way” | waterpolo (wah-tehr-POH-loh) | water polo |
| 30 | x | “x” in “taxes” | exilio (eh-KSIH-lyoh) | exile |
| 31 | y | “y” in “yellow” or “j” in “déjà vu” | yo (yoh, zhoh) | I |
| 32 | z | “s” in “smart” or “z” in zebra | zapato (sah-PAH-toh, zah-PAH-toh) | shoe |
1 The alphabet is called “el abecedario” pronounced as ehl ah-beh-seh-DAH-ryoh in Spanish.
Please Check the examples given in this Lesson, showing how similar Spanish and English Alphabets are.2 Graphically, both Spanish and English alphabets are graphically similar. 3 Also to note is the pronunciation with English is consistent which makes Learning Spanish language much easier.
Please Observe the Fact
Spanish language have gone through iterations where in an alphabet rr, which was used until year 1990. It was dropped by Spanish language authority ie Royal Academy of Spain. Further to this, Royal Academy of Spain was also contemplating to drop some double letters especially ch and ll, but has not happened yet. |
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