Questions tagged [pronunciación]

Normas o consejos de pronunciación. // Rules or advice about pronunciation

La pronunciación es el modo en el que una palabra o idioma es hablado, o la manera en la que alguien articula una palabra. Las preguntas marcadas como deben ser dudas sobre las normas de pronunciación, la pronunciación correcta de una palabra, consejos de pronunciación (posición de la lengua o labios para lograr un sonido) o sobre cómo se pronuncia una palabra escrita (ejemplos: Felipe VI, el 500º), etc.


Pronunciation is the way a word or a language is spoken, or the manner in which someone utters a word. Questions marked as must be doubts about the pronunciation rules, best or correct pronunciation of a word, pronunciation advice (position of lips and/or tongue) or how a written word is read/pronounced, among others.


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Can I learn to roll my R's?

Whenever I try to say words like perro or arroyo, I sound like I'm telling a pirate joke. I can identify the sound I'm supposed to make and I've been told how my tongue is supposed to move, but I can't seem to reproduce the sound at all. It's just…
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Are there native-born Spanish speakers that can't trill their R's?

ENGLISH It seems that one of the greatest difficulties some native-English speakers have is learning to trill their R's. Some, it seems, are completely incapable of performing this task. Is this ever a problem for native-born Spanish speakers? If…
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Help me pronounce single "r"

I've recently started studying Spanish (Latin American) with Rosetta Stone. I think I'm doing trilled r's right but I'm not sure if I'm doing single r's right. Are they supposed to have a single trill, or no trill? Please help me learn how to…
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Is the dropped /s/ in Argentina a class marker?

I'm watching La pelea de mi vida, an Argentinean film, and in it the characters are dropping their esses all over the place. E'ta, e'tuve, even stuff like E' muy e'traño and E'to tene' The film is about a boxer and his milieu. What I want to know:…
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Pronounce and distinguish "ñi" and "ni"?

I'm new to Spanish and I'm trying to learn pronunciation first. I listened to a few materials and I'm finding it difficult to distinguish "ñi" and "ni", for example "niñito". And it's even harder to immitate that. So how should I go ahead? I found…
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When to drop the 's' at the end of words in Spain?

I often hear people say things like "mucha gracias" instead of "muchas gracias". When do you usually drop the 's'? And where is this common? I currently live in Barcelona.
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Are single-syllable accented words like “mí” and “tú” pronounced a certain way?

“Tu” and “tú” are the same spelling, except for the accent. Are words like “tú” and “mí” pronounced differently from how they would be without the accent?
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"gua" pronouncing like "hua" (silenced G)?

I've always been taught that "g" in ga, go, gu (or "gu" in gue and gui) sounds the same, like English "g". But most online tutorials don't make the "g" quite audible, like this one (9th voice). It sounds like "ahua" or even "ajua". Also the 4th…
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Is there a difference in the pronuciation of a single vowel or multiple vowels in a row?

There are several phrases, most of which are easily distinguished by context, that have very similar, if not the exact same pronunciation. The distinction I'm curious about is a single vowel in a word such as "le" or the double vowel in "lee" for…
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Pronunciación letras "d", "b" y "v" entre vocales

Mi lengua nativa es el español y recientemente me percaté que al momento de pronunciar la letra d, como en el caso de cada, asado, soldado, jugada, nado y la letra b (o v como fonema b) como en acabar, guayaba, navío, a veces, saber,…
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Difference between «b» and «v» in practice

Recently, I started to learn Spanish and like many before me I feel confused about b/v pronunciation. I found a good explanation here. One thing is still not crystal clear, though. It seems that either «b» or «v» is supposed to be pronounced as [b]…
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Is Spanish language's pronunciation systematic?

Is Spanish language's pronunciation systematic? That is: do pronunciation and alphabet correspond to each other? If so, I will be able to learn Spanish's pronunciation easily. ¿Es la pronunciación del español sistemática? Es decir, ¿se corresponde…
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Voiceless vs voiced stops / Plosivas sordas vs sonoras

About unaspirated voiceless consonant and voiced consonants. For example, in pa.pe.pi.po.pu and ba.be.bi.bo.bu, ta.te.ti.to.tu and da.de.di.do.du, ca.co.cu and ga.go.gu, their pronunciations are too much alike for me. Do Spanish native speakers if…
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Pronunciation of -mente Adverbs

The general rule for Spanish pronunciation is that, barring an accent, words that end with vowels have stresses placed on the second-to-last syllable. However, with adverbs, there seem to be exceptions. Take frecuentemente. It ends with a vowel, so…
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Are the pronunciations for 'él' and 'el' different?

I wonder if él and el are pronounced differently. I can hear the sound here for él, but there is no sound file for el here
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