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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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2.6

Pronunciation

Stress and the written accent

Every Spanish word has one stressed syllable. The rules are regular: words ending in a vowel, -n or -s are stressed on the second-to-last syllable: , , . Other words are stressed on the last syllable: , , .

A written accent (´) marks the exceptions: , , , , . That is why loses the accent in : the new word follows the normal rule.

Numbers that sound alike: , , . Listen carefully.

Minimal pairs

  • dos/doce
  • tres/trece
  • seis/siete
  • inglés/inglesa

Repeat after the voice

  • español, española, españoles
  • alemán, alemana, alemanes
  • Hablo inglés y un poco de español.
  • seis, cero, dos, uno, cinco, cuatro, cero, siete, ocho
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Which number?

Listen and choose the number you hear.

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Phone numbers

Listen and write the phone numbers in digits.