There are 27 letters in the Spanish alphabet. The groups Ch and LL have not been classified anymore as indipendent letters since 1994, instead you can find them in the letters C and L according to the alphabet order.
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A |
(a) |
B |
(be) |
C |
(ce) |
D |
(de) |
E |
(e) |
F |
(efe) |
G |
(ge) |
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H |
(hache) |
I |
i |
J |
jota |
K |
ka |
L |
ele |
M |
eme |
N |
ene |
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Ñ |
eñe |
O |
o |
P |
pe |
Q |
cu |
R |
erre |
S |
ese |
T |
te |
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U |
u |
V |
uve |
W |
Uve doble |
X |
equis |
Y |
I griega |
Z |
Zeta (ceta) |
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Letters |
Pronunciation |
Example |
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B, V |
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Both are pronounced like a soft /b/ |
Caballo/ chaval |
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C |
ce, ci |
/Ө/ like the English th sound. /s/ in southamerican countries and in the south of Spain. |
Cine/ Cena
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C |
cce, cci |
The first c is pronounced like a /k/ and the second one like /Ө/ o /s/ (according to what has been said in the previous case) |
Acción/ sección
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C |
ch |
/tﻜ/ |
Mucho/ muchacho |
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G |
ge, gi |
/h/ like hen, him |
Gente/ gitano |
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G |
güe, güi |
/gwe/, /gwi/ |
Lingüística/ cigüeña |
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H |
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The h is always silent |
Hotel/ hora |
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J |
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as a heavily aspirated /h/ like hotel, him, hen, ham |
Viejo/ caja |
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LL |
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is usually pronounced like the “y” in “yellow.” |
Llanura, llena |
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Ñ |
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is pronounced like the “ny” in “canyon” but with a nasal sound |
Montaña/ compañía |
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Q |
qui, que |
/ki/, /ke/ like kettle, kid |
Quinto/ queso |
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R |
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a flap of the tongue against the roof of the mouth, or a trill. |
Cera/ ruta |
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Sc |
sce, sci |
Pronounced separately, first the s /s/, and then the group ce, ci pronounced as described in the second line /Ө/. |
Discípulo/ escena
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X |
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/s/ before a consonant, /ks/ before a vowel.
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Experiencia/ éxito |
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Z |
za, zo, zu |
/Ө/, like th in thin . /s/ in southamerican countries and in the south of Spain: simple |
Zapatos/ azúcar
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<!–[if !supportLists]–>· <!–[endif]–>W is used only in words coming from foreigner countries.
