El alfabeto

Question 1

A

Spanish name:
Pronounced:

Pronunciation rules:

Answer 1

A

Spanish name: a
Pronounced: ‘ah’

Pronunciation rules:
Ah!

Question 2

B

Spanish name (4): 
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Answer 2

B

Spanish name: be
(also: be larga, be grande, be de burro)
Pronounced: ‘bay’

Pronunciation rules:
Sounds like Spanish v / ve

Question 3

C

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Pronounced:

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Answer 3

C

Spanish name: ce
Pronounced: ‘sey’

Pronunciation rules:
Before E or I: sounds like an s
Otherwise, sounds like Eng k

Question 4

D

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Pronounced:

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Answer 4

D

Spanish name: de
Pronounced: ‘day’

Pronunciation rules:
Same as Eng

Question 5

E

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Answer 5

E

Spanish name: e
Pronounced: ‘ay’

Pronunciation rules:
As above

Question 6

F

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Answer 6

F

Spanish name: efe
Pronounced: ‘eh-fey’

Pronunciation rules:
Same as Eng

Question 7

G

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Answer 7

G

Spanish name: ge
Pronounced: ‘hey’

Pronunciation rules:
Before E or I: sounds like a harsh English h (similar to Spanish J)
Otherwise, like English ‘g’

Question 8

H

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Answer 8

G

Spanish name: hache
Pronounced: ‘ah-che’

Pronunciation rules:
Mostly silent

Question 9

I

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Answer 9

I

Spanish name: i
Pronounced: “ee”

Pronunciation rules:
As above

Question 10

J

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Answer 10

J

Spanish name: jota
Pronounced: ‘hoh-ta’

Pronunciation rules:
Sounds like Eng H, sometimes harsher

Question 11

K

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Answer 11

K

Spanish name: ca
Pronounced: ‘kah’

Pronunciation rules:
Same as Eng

Question 12

L

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Answer 12

L

Spanish name: ele
Pronounced: ‘eh-lay’

Pronunciation rules:
Similar to Eng

Question 13

LL

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Answer 13

LL

Spanish name: elle, doble ele
Pronounced: “eh-yay”

Pronunciation rules: like ‘y’ in yellow

Question 14

M

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Answer 14

M

Spanish name: eme
Pronounced: ‘eh-may’

Pronunciation rules:
Same as Eng

Question 15

N

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Answer 15

N

Spanish name: ene
Pronounced: ‘eh-nay’

Pronunciation rules:
Same as Eng

Question 16

Ñ

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Answer 16

Ñ

Spanish name: eñe
Pronounced: ‘eh-nyay’

Pronunciation rules:
Like ‘n’ in ‘onion’

Question 17

O

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Answer 17

O

Spanish name: o
Pronounced: ‘oh’

Pronunciation rules:
As above

Question 18

P

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Answer 18

P

Spanish name: pe
Pronounced: ‘pay’

Pronunciation rules:
As above

Question 19

Q

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Answer 19

Q

Spanish name: cu
Pronounced: ‘cooh’

Pronunciation rules:
Like Eng k

Question 20

R

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Answer 20

R

Spanish name: ere
Pronounced: “eh-ray”

Pronunciation rules:
At beginning of word, pronounced as RR

Question 21

RR

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Answer 21

RR

Spanish name: doble ere
Pronounced: “doh-blay eh-ray”

Pronunciation rules:
Trill with the tongue, like ‘tt’ in butter (American pronunciation)

Question 22

S

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Answer 22

S

Spanish name: ese
Pronounced: “essay”

Pronunciation rules:
Same as Eng

Question 23

T

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Answer 23

T

Spanish name: te
Pronounced: ‘tay’

Pronunciation rules:
Same as Eng

Question 24

U

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Answer 24

U

Spanish name: u
Pronounced: “ooh”

Pronunciation rules:
Like ‘oo’ in food

Question 25

V

Spanish name (4): 
Pronounced:

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Answer 25

V

Spanish name: ve
(also: ve corta, ve chica, ve de vaca)
Pronounced: ‘bay’

Pronunciation rules:
Similar to Spanish B

Question 26

W

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Answer 26

W

Spanish name: doble u
Also: doble ve, doble uve
Pronounced: “doh-blay ooh”

Pronunciation rules:
Same as Eng

Question 27

X

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Pronunciation rules (2):

Answer 27

X

Spanish name: equis
Pronounced: “eh-kees”

Pronunciation rules:
Often like ‘ks’ in socks
For place & person names, like ‘h’ in México

Question 28

Y

Spanish name (2): 
Pronounced:

Pronunciation rules (2):

Answer 28

Y

Spanish name: i griega, ye
Pronounced: ‘ee-grey-eh-gah”

Pronunciation rules:
Mostly like Eng
At end of the word, like the Eng ‘I’ (e.g. hay)

Question 29

Z

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Answer 29

Z

Spanish name: zeta
Pronounced: ‘say-tah’

Pronunciation rules:
Mostly like Eng S

Question 30

How is C pronounced before E

Answer 30

Like an English S

Question 31

How is C pronounced before I

Answer 31

Like an English S

Question 32

How is C pronounced before A

Answer 32

Like an English K

Question 33

How is C pronounced before O

Answer 33

Like an English K

Question 34

How is C pronounced before U

Answer 34

Like an English K

Question 35

How is G pronounced before A

Answer 35

Like an English G

Question 36

How is G pronounced before E

Answer 36

Like a harsh English H

Question 37

How is G pronounced before I

Answer 37

Like a harsh English H

Question 38

How is G pronounced before O

Answer 38

Like an English G

Question 39

How is G pronounced before U

Answer 39

Like an English G