Learn Spanish Pronunciation
Improve your Spanish prponunciation using these lessons and other resources.
Pronouncing the 'R'
The Spanish 'r' can be a challenge for some people when learning pronunciation.
The Spanish 'r' can be a challenge for some people when learning pronunciation.
Why Don't I Hear Words Correctly?
A look at the effects of elision, which is a fancy way of saying words running together.
A look at the effects of elision, which is a fancy way of saying words running together.
Silent Letters Other Than 'H'
It is well-known that the letter 'h' in Spanish is always silent (except in a few words of foreign origin). However, a few other letters sometimes are silent as well.
It is well-known that the letter 'h' in Spanish is always silent (except in a few words of foreign origin). However, a few other letters sometimes are silent as well.
Spanish for Beginners
If you're new to learning Spanish, this collection of lessons will help you learn what you need to know.
If you're new to learning Spanish, this collection of lessons will help you learn what you need to know.
Spanish Lessons for Intermediate and Advanced Students
If you're beyond the beginner stage of learning Spanish, this collection of lessons can help you learn the details of using the Spanish language well.
If you're beyond the beginner stage of learning Spanish, this collection of lessons can help you learn the details of using the Spanish language well.
Pronouncing Vowels
Most students find the Spanish vowel sounds fairly easy to learn, since most of them have basicly one sound each.
Most students find the Spanish vowel sounds fairly easy to learn, since most of them have basicly one sound each.
Pronouncing the 'Easy' Consonants
This pronunciation guide covers those consanants that are sounded very similarly to their English counterparts.
This pronunciation guide covers those consanants that are sounded very similarly to their English counterparts.
Stress and Accent Marks
Learn which syllable of Spanish word receives the stress and how that can be modified through the use of diacritical marks known as accents.
Learn which syllable of Spanish word receives the stress and how that can be modified through the use of diacritical marks known as accents.
Pronouncing Difficult Consonants
This pronunciation guide covers those consanants that are sounded significantly differently than their English counterparts.
This pronunciation guide covers those consanants that are sounded significantly differently than their English counterparts.
Questions Learners Ask
This is a collection of questions that Spanish students have directed at this site.
This is a collection of questions that Spanish students have directed at this site.
Trabalenguas - Tongue Twisters
Think you have your Spanish pronunciation skills developed? If so, test your skills with these tongue twisters.
Think you have your Spanish pronunciation skills developed? If so, test your skills with these tongue twisters.
Sounds the Animals Make
If a cow says "moo" in English, what does she say in Spanish? Mu, of course. But when we're talking about sounds that animals make, it isn't always that simple.
If a cow says "moo" in English, what does she say in Spanish? Mu, of course. But when we're talking about sounds that animals make, it isn't always that simple.
Spanish Homophones
List of Spanish homophones and homonyms, words that sound alike and can easily be confused, along with their definitions.
List of Spanish homophones and homonyms, words that sound alike and can easily be confused, along with their definitions.
Pronouncing the R
Confounded by how to pronounce the Spanish R? Here are some approaches to try.
Confounded by how to pronounce the Spanish R? Here are some approaches to try.
Strong Vowels and Weak Vowels
Spanish vowels can be classifed as strong or weak, something that's important to know when syllables matter.
Spanish vowels can be classifed as strong or weak, something that's important to know when syllables matter.
Silent Letters
Spanish has a few words, most of them of Greek origin, that feature a silent letter other than H.
Spanish has a few words, most of them of Greek origin, that feature a silent letter other than H.
Varieties of Spanish
Pronunciation of words can vary from region to region, but the differences aren't particularly great.
Pronunciation of words can vary from region to region, but the differences aren't particularly great.
Pronouncing 'R'
The Spanish letter R is easy to pronounce but is often mispronounced by English speakers.
The Spanish letter R is easy to pronounce but is often mispronounced by English speakers.
Pronouncing 'RR'
The Spanish trilled R, often written RR, has the sound most unlike any sound we have in English. Here are some tips for learning to pronounce it.
The Spanish trilled R, often written RR, has the sound most unlike any sound we have in English. Here are some tips for learning to pronounce it.
Pronouncing the Spanish X
The letter X in Spanish is pronounced in several different ways.
The letter X in Spanish is pronounced in several different ways.
Pronouncing the H
The letter h may be the easiest of all the Spanish letters to pronounce.
The letter h may be the easiest of all the Spanish letters to pronounce.
Initial E in Spanish Words
Very few Spanish words begin with letter combinations such as sc- or sp-; instead an intial e- is included to make the words start as esc- or esc-. Here's an explanation of why the language has developed this way.
Very few Spanish words begin with letter combinations such as sc- or sp-; instead an intial e- is included to make the words start as esc- or esc-. Here's an explanation of why the language has developed this way.
Pronouncing 'G' at the Beginning of a Word
Not all Spanish speakers pronounce words such as Guatemala and guacamole the same way.
Not all Spanish speakers pronounce words such as Guatemala and guacamole the same way.
How To Speak Spanish Unlike a Native
Next time you travel to a Spanish-speaking country, would you like to be identified as an ugly American or just another silly tourist? If so, follow these steps.
Next time you travel to a Spanish-speaking country, would you like to be identified as an ugly American or just another silly tourist? If so, follow these steps.
Origins of the 'Lisp' of Spain
Once upon a time there was a Spanish king who had a lisp, and so many Spaniards copied him that there mispronunciation because the norm — or so the story goes. But don't believe it.
Once upon a time there was a Spanish king who had a lisp, and so many Spaniards copied him that there mispronunciation because the norm — or so the story goes. But don't believe it.
Why Don't I Hear Words Correctly?
The process of words blending together is known as elision.
The process of words blending together is known as elision.
They Talk Too Fast!
Do people who speak Spanish speak a lot faster than English speakers do, or does it just seem that way?
Do people who speak Spanish speak a lot faster than English speakers do, or does it just seem that way?