Post on 24-Feb-2016
description
El Alfabeto/El AbecedarioThe Spanish Alphabet
“A” Vowel or “Vocal”
in Spanish. Pronounced “Ah”
as in “Awwww”.
América Anaranjado – the
color orange
“B” Pronounced “Beh”.
Baloncesto Béisbol Buñol
“C” The Letter is
pronounced “say”. CA, CO, CU – make a
K sound. Hard C Like “caramelo”,
“colorado” and “cucu”.
CE, & CI – make a S sound. “celina” and “cintura”. Soft C
La Letra “CH”. CH makes a “ch”
sound. Sometimes used
as part of the Spanish alphabet.
CHANGO – Monkey
La Letra “D” You need to say
this as “Deh”.
Delgado Duro Despierto
La Letra “E” (Vocal) It is a vowel
(vocal). Pronounced “eh”
Elefante Egoísta Excelente
La Letra “F” Pronounced “eh-
feh”
Faro (lighthouse) Fingir (to pretend) Fernando ( a
name)
La Letra “G” - Hard Letter is pronounced
“heh”. Hard G – like the “g”in
“Go” (GA, GO, GU) Galicia – province in
Spain. Gozar – To enjoy Guzano - worm
La Letra “G”- Soft Letter is pronounced
“heh”. Soft G is pronounced
with an “H” sound when paired with the following vowels
Energetico - Energetic Gimnasio – gym
La Letra “H” Pronounced “atch-
eh”. When pronounced
in Spanish words, the “H” is silent.
“Hola” is pronounced “ola”
Honor is “onor”
La Letra “I” - Vocal Pronounced “ee”. Sometimes referred
to as “i Latina” for being from “Latin”.
Iglú – Igloo Iñigo – Spanish
name Ignacio – Boys
name
La Letra “J” Pronounced “hota” Jalapeño – spicy
green pepper Jeréz – town in
México and in Spain
Josefina – girls name
La Letra “K” Makes a “kaw”
sound. Not very many
words in Spanish use “K” as it’s a German letter
Kinder – for Kindergarten
La Letra “L” Pronounced “ele”
Lechuga – Lettuce Libertad - Liberty
La Letra “LL” All double “LL”
sounds in Spanish make a “Y” sound.
Llamar – yamar – “To Call”
Llanta – tire/wheel Avellaneda –
Spanish surname
La Letra “M” Pronounced “eme”
Manzana – Apple Mañana –
morning/ tomorrow
La Letra “N” Pronounced “ene”
Nada – nothing Ningúno – nobody Nicolas – boy’s
name
La Letra “Ñ” Pronounced “en-
yeh”
Compañía – company
Ñandutí – Paraguayan lace
La Letra “O” - Vocal Pronounced “Oh” Vowel (vocal) Oscar – boy’s
name Olga – girl’s name Oeste – “west”in
Spanish
La Letra “P” Pronounced “peh”
Palo – stick Palacio – palace Plata –
Money/Silver Plated
La Letra “Q” Pronounced “koo”
Qué – ke? – what? Quincho –
Argentine BBQ “room”.
QU- pronounced K sound
La Letra “R” Pronounced “ere”
Renata – your teacher’s name
República – Republic
La Letra “RR” Double RR means
you (try to) roll your R’s.
Pronounced “erre”.
Dorrego Carro - car
La Letra “S” Pronounced “ese”
Salamanca – city in Spain
Salvador – name/savior
La Letra “T” Pronounced “teh”
Tacones – heels Taco – taco Tigre – tiger Té - tea
La Letra “U” - Vocal Pronounced “oo” Vowel (Vocal)
Usina – Minorcan last name
Urraca - Magpie
La Letra “V” Pronounced either
“Veh” or “oo-veh” Sometimes referred
to as “B Corto”, but depends on where you’re from.
Valencia – town and province in Spain/Oranges
La Letra “W” Pronounced
“doble Veh” or “doble oo”.
Not very many words in Spanish begin with W.
Walter – Spanish name
La Letra “X” Pronounced “eh-kees” Sometimes pronounced
with an H sound depending on the word or an S sound.
Ximenez-Fatio – would be pronounced “Himenez” (house in St. Augustine)
Xilófono - xylophone
La Letra “Y” Pronounced either
“ee gree-ay-guh” or “yeh” depending on where you’re from.
Means “Greek i” Y – ee – means
“and” Yo – yoh - Me
La Letra “Z” Pronounced “zeta”
Zaldivar - Spanish surname
Zoologico – the zoo