THE SPANISH ALPHABET

This site offers the Spanish Alphabet Sounds
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(Peninsular Spanish pronunciation is shown in parentheses)
A

ah		 B

beh 		C

seh or (qeh)*
Ch**

cheh 		D

deh 		E

eh
F

eh-feh 		G

heh or Xeh 		H

ah-cheh
I

eeh		 J

hoh-tah or Xoh-tah		 K

kah
L

eh-leh		 Ll**

eh-jeh 		M

eh-meh
N

eh-neh 		Ñ

eh-njeh 		O

oh
P

peh 		Q

kooh 		R

eh-reh
(single r sound has no equivalent in English - it could be similar to the T sound in water - in rapid speech [Am. English only])
S

eh-seh 		T

teh 		U

ooh
V

veh or ooh-veh 		W

doh-bleh ooh 		X

eh-kees
Y

eeh grjeh-gah		 Z

seh-tah or (qeh-tah)*
* q = the sound of the English TH in think. . . thanks

**Should these two letters be considered part of the Spanish alphabet?
For an explanation see Abecedario

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