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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

b = v, and the silent h

In Spanish b and v are pronounced exactly the same. At the start of a phrase or after m/n they sound like English b: , , . Between vowels both become softer — the lips almost touch: , , .

Never use the English v sound with your teeth on your lip. and sound identical.

h is always silent: /ai/, /aβitaˈθjon/, /ˈola/. So and (wave) sound the same — spelling is the only difference.

Minimal pairs

  • vaca/baca
  • hola/ola

Repeat after the voice

  • una ventana bonita
  • el baño y el salón
  • Hay una habitación libre.
  • La nevera verde está en la cocina.
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Spell it right

Listen and write. b or v? h or no h?