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Alphabet names
names of the letters
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a | |
| (ah) | A |
| be | |
| (beh) | B |
| c | |
| (seh) | C |
| (cheh) | CH |
| (deh) | D |
| e | |
| (eh) | E |
| (eh-feh) | F |
| (heh) | G |
| (ah-cheh) | H |
| i | |
| (ee) | I |
| jota | |
| (ho-tah) | J |
| ka | |
| (kah) | K |
| ele | |
| (el-leh) | L |
| (eh-yeh) | LL |
| eme | |
| (em-meh) | M |
| (en-neh) | N |
| (en-yeh) | Ñ |
| o | |
| (oh) | O |
| pe | |
| (peh) | P |
| cu | |
| (koo) | Q |
| (er-reh) | R |
| (errrreh) | RR |
| (es-seh) | S |
| (teh) | T |
| u | |
| (oo) | U |
| (veh or oo-veh) | V |
| (doble-oo, doble-veh) | W |
| (ek-kees) | X |
| (ee-gree-eh-gah) | Y |
| (seh-tah) | Z |
| before and e or an i makes an "s"sound | C |
| before an a,o and u makes a hard K sound | C |
| before and e or an i makes an "h"sound | G |
| before and a,o and u makes a hard g sound | G |
| makes a softer sound than in English almost like a th | D |
| there is no difference in Spanish between the pronunciation of these two letters | B and V |
| makes a sound like in the word chocolate | CH |
| Is always silent | H |
| makes a throaty h sound | J |
| in Spain makes a "th" sound | c before e and i, letter z |
| makes a y sound as in yo-yo | both LL and Y |
| Does not have as much air as when pronounced English | P |
| these two letter are borrowed from other languages | K and W |
| all Spanish vowels are | short and choppy |
| makes a rolled or trilled sound | RR |
| makes a hard c or k sound when followed by a u | Q |
| makes a "cs" sound, a "h' sound in indigenous words or an s at the beginning of words | X |