Consonants :


and V are both pronounced like the letter ?B.?

(burro, vaca)

before A, O and U is hard like the letter ?K.?

(casa, como, cucaracha)

before E and I is soft, like the letter ?S.?

(Cecilia)

when it is between two vowels is soft, like ?th?, e.g. the color ?morado? is pronounced ?moratho.? The rest of the time the D is similar to the D in English.

is pronounced like the F in English.

(teléfono)

before A, O and U is hard, as in the English word, ?go.?

(Gómez, gato, guerra)

before E and I is like the H in English.

(gente, giro)

is always silent in Spanish.

(Hola)

is similar to the letter H in English.

(Javier, junio)

is like the K in English.

(kilo)

is like the L in English.

(lata, mal)

is pronounced like the letter Y in ?yes.?

(Me llamo__)

is pronounced like the letter N in English.

(nada, no)

is pronounced like ?ny? in the English word ?canyon.?

(niño, año)

is similar to the P in English.

(pato, Papá)

always goes with U and is pronounced like the letter ?K.?

(que, quien)

is pronounced like the ?D? in English, e.g. ?nariz? sounds like ?nadees.?

is rolled; also an R at the beginning of a word

(Raul, perro)

is pronounced like the S in English.

is similar to the T in English, only with the tongue closer to the front teeth. (todo)

is pronounced like the X in English, except when it is before a consonant, then it sounds like an S

(excepto)

is like the letter I when it stands alone; otherwise it?s like the Y in ?yes.? (yo)

is pronounced like the letter S.