Spanish Alphabet Pronunciation Chart (Page 2 of 4) in pdf

Spanish Alphabet Pronunciation Chart Page 2

Spanish

(as in “cool”)

Diphthong

Pronunciation

ay/ai

(as in “cry”)

/“ow” (as in “owl”)

ey/ei

(as in “bay”)

(as in “deus ex machina”)

yä (as in “Maya”)

y (as in “yay”)

y (as in “yodel”)

(as in “skew”)

oy/oi

“oy” (as in “ploy”)

(as in “though”) (only found in foreign words)

wä (as in “swat”)

w (as in “wait”)

exceptions:

que: k (as in “okay”)

gue: g (as in “game”)

ui/uy

w (as in “weep”)/

(as in “buoy”)

exceptions:

qui: k (as in “key”)

gui: g (as in “geezer”)

w (as in “woe”)

Consonants

Consonantes

Consonant

Pronunciation

b/v

b (be larga) v (be corta)

soft “bv” (“humming b”)

(as in “bevel”)

ca, co, cu: “hard c” (as in “camera”)

ce, ci: “soft c” (as in “celery”)

“ch” (softer than in English)

(as in nonchalant)

soft “dth”

(as in “boredom”)

f (as in “faint”)

ga, go, gu: “hard g” (as in “gas”)

ge, gi: “soft g” (as in “hay”)

silent

h (as in “harp”)

k (only found in foreign words; softer than in

English — no puff of air)

l (as in “lamb”)

y- (as is “yam”)

m (as in “mop”)

n (as in “nod”)

“ny-” (as in “canyon”)

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