El alfabeto espaol

Letra Nombre Pronunciacin

a

ah as in father, pasta, marsh

be

b as in embarrass, embattled

ce

soft c as in Cecilia, braces, cider (before e,i)

hard c as in cat, cot, culinary (before a,o,u)

de

th as in they, feather

ay as in hey, fey but no glide

efe

f as in fantastic, fatal

ge

soft h as in heaven, hill, *Geraldo (in front of e,i)

hard g as in gull, goal, gallon (in front of a,o,u)

hache

silent, but aspirated in some dialects

ee as in teeny, eek, sneeze

jota

H as in horrible, hardhat

ka

foreign letter; not used to form Spanish words

ele

l as in latex, level

eme

m as in monster, massive

ene

n as in denial, minute

ee

ny as in canyon, banyan

o as in ghost, cold, postman

pe

p as in empower, impolite

qu

k as in cool, car

ere

dd as in muddy; tt as in butter

rr

erre

rr as in *carro, *burro, *rosa

ese

s as in Sam, castle, silly

te

t as in altitude, delta

oo as in cool, moon

ve

same as be in most dialects of Spanish

doble ve

foreign letter; not used to form Spanish words

equis

x as in mixer, fxed, sexy (also as s sound)

i griega

y as in mayor (consonant) or as in key (vowel)

zeta

like s or soft c (appears only before a,o,u)