Spanish Vowel Letters

Just like in the English alphabets, the Spanish alphabet consists of only 5 vowels letters.

Spanish Vowels (Lowercase)

a
[ah]
e
[eh]
i
[ee]
o
[oh]
u
[ooh]

Spanish Vowels (Uppercase)

A
[ah]
E
[eh]
I
[ee]
O
[oh]
U
[ooh]

Spanish Consonant Letters

All Spanish consonant sounds exist in English, except for the Ññ (eh ni eh) sound. With this additional consonant there are 22 consonant sounds in Spanish. Many consonants have the same sound found in English. The following table shows all the consonants and help you pronounce them.

Spanish Consonants (Lowercase)

b
[beh]
c
[theh]
d
[de]
f
[eh feh]
g
[heh]
h
[aah cheh]
j
[hoh tah]
k
[kah]
l
[eh leh]
m
[eh meh]
n
[eh neh]
ñ
[eh ni eh]
p
[peh]
q
[cooh]
r
[eh reh]
s
[eh seh]
t
[teh]
v
[ooh beh]
w
[oh beh doh bleh]
x
[eh kees]
y
[ee gree a gah]
z
[theh tah]

Spanish Consonants (Uppercase)

B
[beh]
C
[theh]
D
[de]
F
[eh feh]
G
[heh]
H
[aah cheh]
J
[hoh tah]
K
[kah]
L
[eh leh]
M
[eh meh]
N
[eh neh]
Ñ
[eh ni eh]
P
[peh]
Q
[cooh]
R
[eh reh]
S
[eh seh]
T
[teh]
V
[ooh beh]
W
[oh beh doh bleh]
X
[eh kees]
Y
[ee gree a gah]
Z
[theh tah]

Accent Characters in Spanish

In Spanish, accent marks, also known as `tildes`, are important. The use of accent completely changes the meaning of the word. To give you an example, más means more whereas mas means but.

Once we know and follow the rule of accent marks in Spanish, they are easy to learn.

á
é
í
ñ
ó
ú
ü

Digits in Spanish

Digits in Spanish are written same as in English. However, it is spelled differently. Table below shows how to write and pronounce digits in Spanish.

0
[cero]
1
[uno]
2
[dos]
3
[tres]
4
[cuatro]
5
[cinco]
6
[seis]
7
[siete]
8
[ocho]
9
[nueve]
.

Special Characters in Spanish

The Spanish language has few special characters that are only found in Spanish keyboards. For example, inverted question mark (¿), inverted exclamation point (¡), feminine ordinal indicator (e. g. la primera = 1ª) and masculine ordinal indicator (e.g. el priemro = 1º).

Below are few additional special characters:

.
,
,
|
¿
?
º
ª
«
»
=
&
%
$
!
¡
"

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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