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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
11¿Qué te pasa?Section 6 of 8

11.6

Pronunciation

p, t, k without a puff of air

In English, p, t and k at the start of a word come with a little puff of air (pill, top, cat). In Spanish there is no puff: , , sound softer and crisper. Hold a paper in front of your mouth: it should not move.

Spanish t is made with the tongue touching the back of the upper teeth, not the ridge behind them: , , .

Repeat after the voice

  • pie, pierna, pastilla
  • tos, tengo, tomar
  • cabeza, cuerpo, cansado
  • Tengo tos y me duele la cabeza.
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At the doctor's

Listen and write.