Questions tagged [letras]

Questions about the letters that form the Spanish alphabet. Preguntas acerca de las letras que forman el alfabeto español.

Questions about the letters that form the Spanish alphabet such as if capital letters have the tilde, whats the plural of a letter, pronunciation, different regional variations for the names of letters, etc. For questions about lyrics, see tag lyrics.

Preguntas acerca de las letras que forman el alfabeto español, tales como acentuación de mayúsculas, plurales de las letras, pronunciación, variaciones regionales para el nombre de las letras, etc. Para preguntas sobre letras de canciones, consultar el tag letras-de-canciones.

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Use of "R" and "L" tiles in Spanish Scrabble?

In the Spanish version of Scrabble that I have (bought 2 years ago - so reasonably modern) there are both tiles with a single "R" and also tiles with a "RR", (and also "LL") This raises two questions: Is it intended in the game of Scrabble to only…
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Use of the letter g

I heard that the letter "g" usually takes the sound of the letter "j" before "e" and "i". This happens in both English and in Spanish. The diagraph "gu" takes the sound of the letter "g" before "e" and "i" in both English and Spanish. I cannot…
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Why is the letter 'w' reserved for words that are acquired from other languages?

I really don't understand why Spanish reserves the letter 'w' for words acquired from other languages.
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How are consonants combined with an "h" and double consonants borrowed from English?

Most cognates of English words spelled with consonants combined with an "h" or double letters are spelled with single letters in Spanish. In Spanish "ll" is pronounced as a digraph with the "y" sound. However, very few words in Spanish with "ll"…