The Spanish alphabet

The Spanish alphabet is the same as the English. Some letters are originally not used, but are used for loanwords. Some letters don't exist in English but are used in Spanish. Spanish is a phonetic language which means there is a direct link between the written word and the pronunciation of it: What you read is what you speak. See the table with all the letters and their pronunciations...

letter	name	example	pronunciation
a	a	plato	like an English a as in flat
b	be	Barcelona	like an English b
c	ce	calor cerveza	ca-, co-, cu- as a c in colour ce-, ci- as th in thin, note: in Latin America as an s
d	de	ciudad	like an English d at the end of a word softer or even unpronounced
e	e	elegir	like e in wet
f	efe	família	same as an English f
g	ge	gato gente	normally as in glad with ge-, gi- as a hard g
h	hache	hombre	is silent
i	i latina	vino	like ee in seen
j	jota	jueves	similar to an ch or h in English
k	ka	kiwi	like a k (this letter is rarely used in Spanish)
l	ele	lobo	same as an English l
ll	elle	calle	like a y in yes, note in some areas of Latin America as sh
m	eme	madre	same as an English m
n	ene	nada	same as an English n
ñ	eñe	España	as ni in opinion
o	o	olor plato	like an o in pot at the end of a word more like an o in note
p	pe	padre	same as an English p
q	cu	queso	like an English k in kick
r	erre	rueda	like a Scottish r
rr	erre doble	perro	a stronger r
s	ese	saber	same as an English s
t	te	todo	similar to the English t
u	u	fruta querer	like oo in food silent after q in que and g in gue, exept for qü..
v	uve	Valencia	as a b
w	uve doble	-	often like v, only found in foreign words
x	equis	exacto	as an English X or ks
y	ye (i griega)	yo y	as y in yes, note in some areas of Latin America as sh single y as an e in evaluate
z	ceta	zapato	as th in thin note: in Latin America as an s