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50 Essential Spanish Words
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Greetings
Hola
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3 Real-Life Spanish Dialogues
Learn practical phrases used in everyday situations.
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Ordering at a restaurant
En el restaurante
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Shopping
De compras
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Asking for directions
Pedir direcciones
Quiz
Test Your Spanish
10 multiple-choice questions + 10 word-order puzzles.
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Pronunciation Guide
Spanish Pronunciation Rules
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Spanish has only 5 pure vowel sounds — a, e, i, o, u — each with one consistent pronunciation. Unlike English, Spanish vowels never become the “schwa” sound. Once mastered, you can read any Spanish word correctly.
A a
[a]
Always “ah” — like the “a” in “father”. Short and clear, never changes.
agua
water
amigo
friend
gracias
thank you
E e
[e]
“Eh” — like the “e” in “bed”. Always crisp, never drifts to “ay” like English.
mesa
table
leche
milk
escuela
school
I i
[i]
“Ee” — like “ee” in “meet”. Always short and clear, lips stretched sideways.
libro
book
familia
family
idioma
language
O o
[o]
“Oh” — round lips, like “o” in “more”. Doesn’t glide to “ow” as in English.
hola
hello
pollo
chicken
color
color
U u
[u]
“Oo” — like “oo” in “food”. Lips pursed into a small circle.
uno
one
música
music
mucho
much / a lot
Spanish has several consonants that behave differently from their English counterparts. The most important ones to master early are Ñ, RR, LL, J, and the silent H.
The letter “H” is always silent in Spanish. “Hola” is pronounced “OH-lah”, not “HOH-lah”!
Ñ ñ
[ɲ]
Like “ny” in “canyon”. The tilde (~) over the N creates a completely different sound.
mañana
tomorrow / morning
español
Spanish
niño
child / boy
RR rr
[r] rolled
A trilled/rolled “r”. Vibrate the tip of your tongue against the roof of your mouth rapidly.
perro
dog
arroz
rice
correcto
correct
J j
[x]
A guttural “h” from the back of the throat — much stronger than the English “h”. Also applies to “g” before e/i.
jugo
juice
mejor
better
gente
people
LL ll
[ʝ] / [ʃ]
In Latin America, sounds like “y” in “yes”. In Spain, more like “ll” in “million”. Regional variation is natural.
me llamo
my name is
calle
street
lluvia
rain
Spanish stress follows clear, learnable rules. With just three rules, you can correctly stress any Spanish word — even ones you’ve never seen before.
When an accent mark (´) appears, always stress that syllable — it overrides all other rules. Example: café, música, japón.
Rule 1
Second-to-last syllable
Words ending in a vowel, N, or S are stressed on the second-to-last syllable. This covers most everyday words.
ca·sa
house → CA-sa
ha·blan
they speak → HA-blan
jó·ven
young → JO-ven
Rule 2
Last syllable
Words ending in any consonant other than N or S are stressed on the last syllable.
ha·blar
to speak → ha-BLAR
ciu·dad
city → ciu-DAD
es·pa·ñol
Spanish → es-pa-ÑOL
Rule 3
Written accent mark ´
The written accent (tilde) always overrides Rules 1 and 2. It also distinguishes word pairs that look the same.
ca·fé
coffee → ca-FÉ
mú·si·ca
music → MÚ-si-ca
ja·pón
Japan → ja-PÓN