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Voice setup

Browser voices come from your system — install the voice in your OS settings:

  • Windows: Settings → Time & language → Speech → Manage voices → Add voices → select Spanish (Spain)
  • macOS: System Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → System voice → Manage voices → download Spanish (Spain)
  • iPhone / iPad setup: Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → Voices → Tap Spanish (Spain), download a voice
  • Android setup: Settings → Language & Input → Text-to-speech output → Tap gear icon next to Google TTS → Install voice data → Download Spanish (Spain) voice
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Pronunciation

Five pure vowels and the alphabet

Spanish has only five vowel sounds: a, e, i, o, u. They are short and clear and never glide. English no sounds like /noʊ/; Spanish is just /no/ — keep your lips still.

Vowels keep their sound in unstressed syllables too: is /luˈθia/, not "Luh-see-uh". Every vowel is pronounced fully.

To spell names you need the alphabet: . An accent is spelled : = .

Minimal pairs

  • casa/cosa
  • mesa/misa
  • pelo/palo
  • luna/lana

Repeat after the voice

  • a, e, i, o, u
  • Hola, ¿qué tal?
  • Me llamo Ana.
  • No, no. Soy estudiante.
  • Ele, u, ce, i con tilde, a.
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Which word do you hear?

Listen and choose the word you hear.

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Listen and write

Listen and write what you hear. Don't forget ¿ ¡ and the accents.