Pronunciation Key

always pronounced "ah" as in father

always pronounced "eh" as in bet

always pronounced "ee" as in beet

always pronounced "O" as in obey

always pronounced "oo" as in boot

pronounced "b" as in bit, and black but when combined with vowels in is pronounced softly

before a, o, u is pronounced hard as in can, but before e or i is soft, as in cent. In some parts of Spain, the c before e or i is pronounced "th".

is pronounced "x". "Acción" is pronounced "axion"

as in child

is pronounced "d" as in do, unless it is the last letter of a word or appears between vowels then it is pronounced as a soft "th"

before a, o, u is pronounced hard as in get, but before e or i is pronounced "h" as in hen

always silent

pronounced "h" as in hen

pronounced "l" as in let

pronounced "y" as in yes

pronounced "NY" Señor is pronounced "senyor"

is slightly trilled unless it is the first letter, then it has a strong trill

always strongly trilled

always pronounced as the "TT" in attractive

pronounced as the y in yet, unless it stands alone. Then it is pronounced "ee" and it means "and".

pronounced "s" as in sent

is pronounced like the "ke" in kept

is pronounced "kee" as in keep

is pronounced like the "gue" in guest

is pronounced like the "gee" in geese