Spanish Pronunciation Letter V

Spanish Pronunciation Letter V. Use this section to quickly develop confidence in your spanish pronunciation skills. Pronunciation of the spanish alphabet:

You must speak out loud! The spanish rr is essentially many taps in a row, and you can practice it by saying the tt sound in butter over and over. It is not pronounced as the v in english.

This makes it difficult for my little spanish host kids when trying to sound out words in their writing.

These letters have two separate sounds, hard and soft. The spanish letter v has two pronunciations, depending on where it’s found in the word. Say the word butter (with american pronunciation) and think of the sound you make in the middle (tt). Perhaps the strangest thing for a beginning student is to learn that b and v sounds are the same in spanish.