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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

Two r sounds: pero and perro

Spanish has two r sounds, and they change the meaning. A single r between vowels is a quick tap of the tongue, very like the tt in American better or butter: , , .

rr, and r at the start of a word or after n or l, is a trill — the tongue vibrates several times: , , , . If it is hard at first, keep practising: it comes with time.

The English r /ɹ/ does not exist in Spanish. Keep your tongue tip on the ridge behind your teeth.

Minimal pairs

  • pero/perro
  • caro/carro
  • cero/cerro
  • para/parra

Repeat after the voice

  • Teresa es seria.
  • Mi perro se llama Rocky.
  • Mi hermano Ramón es rubio.
  • treinta y tres, cuarenta y cuatro
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r or rr?

Listen and choose the word you hear.

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How old?

Listen and write the ages in digits.