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Canción del abecedario: ABC song
The Alphabet Chart
Letter
Name of the letter (pronunciation)
Letter Sound
Similar English Pronunciation
Example
A
ah
Same as English.
bat
Arco
(Ahr-koh)
B
beh
v
Same as
bus
Barco
(Bahr-koh)
C
seh
k
Same as a strong "k"
Before "a", "o", "u"
Casa
(Kahr-sa)
s
Before "e" or "i" sounds like
Center
In some parts of Spain same as "th"
that
Circo
(seer-koh)
Centro
(then-tro)
CH
cheh
ch
Chance
Chico
(chee-koh)
D
deh
Donut
Dedo
(deh-doh)
E
eh
Same as a long “a”
Day
Seco
(Seh-koh)
F
ehfe
Fish
Foco
(foh-coh)
G
heh
g
Sounds like “g” before "a", "o" or "u"
Gas
Gato
(gah-toh)
h
sounds like “h” before "e" or "i"
General
Gente
(Hehn-te)
H
acheh
silent
No sound
Huevo
(oo-e-voh)
I
ee
Long ee sound
teeth
Risa
(rree-sah)
J
jotah
Same as "h"
hat
justicia
joos-tee-seeah
K
kah
Same as "k"
Kilo
kilo
kee-loh
L
eleh
l
Same as "l"
Last
lupa
loo-pah
LL
ehjeh
y
Same as "y"
Yatch
llanto
yahn-toh
M
ehmeh
m
Same as "m"
Mother
Mamá
mah-mah
N
ehneh
n
Same as "n"
Name
nombre
nohm-breh
Ñ
eñieh
ny
Same as "ny"
Canyon
niño
nee-nyoh
O
oh
Long “o”
Horse
(Foh-koh)
P
peh
Same as "p"
Patch
Papa
(pah-pah)
Q
(qu)
Coo
Same as "k", useful only before "e" or "i"
Ketchup
Qué
(keh)
R
ereh
r
Same as "r" if there is only one “r”
Three
If written at the beginning of the word, with strong “r”
Rosa
(rroh-sah)
RR
Doble ereh
rr
With a strong “r”
Perro
(Peh-rroh)
S
ehseh
Same as "s"
Sand
sandía
(sahn-dee-ah)
T
teh
t
Same as "t"
Tent
taco
(tah-coh)
U
oo
Double "o"
Look
Usar
oo-sahr
V
oobeh
b
Same as a soft "v"
Vector
vector
(vehk-tohr)
W
doble-beh
w
Same as "w"
Oswald
Oswaldo
(Ohs-wahl-doh)
X
Eh-kiss
S,
cks
sh
Xochitl
(Soh-chee-tl)
examen
(eks-ah-mehn)
xocolatl
(xoh-coh-lah-tl)
Y
eegreeehga
e
When in a word same as "y"
Yes
If alone then same as ee
Eel
yoyo
(yoh-yoh)
(ee)
sehtah
th
Sounds like "See" (in Latin America)
Same as "c" before "e" and "i"
Same as "th" (in Spain)
Thin
Zapato
(sah-pah-toh)
zig-zag
(cig-zag)
Zimbabue
(thim-bah-bueh)