ORTHOGRAPHY: The Spanish alphabet
El alfabeto or El abecedario
There are twenty-seven letters in the Spanish alphabet. The additional letter is ñ, which comes after n in alphabetized lists in Spanish.
| A- a |
adiós |
| B- be, be larga |
bota |
| C- ce |
caballo |
| CH- che |
chico |
| D- de |
dedo |
| E- e |
estudiante |
| F- efe |
flor |
| G- ge |
gracias |
| H- hache |
hola |
| I- i |
Isabel |
| J- jota |
jalapeño |
* K appears only in words borrowed from other languages
| L- ele |
lápiz |
| LL- elle |
llama |
| M- eme |
maestro |
| N- ene |
nada |
| Ñ- eñe |
niño |
| O- o |
once |
| P- pe |
pescado |
| Q- cu |
queso |
| R- ere |
rosa |
| S- ese |
sol |
| T- te |
taco |
| U- u |
usted |
| v- ve |
vaca |
* W appears only in words borrowed from other languages
| W- uve doble, doble ve, doble u |
walkman |
| X- equis |
México |
| Y- i griega, ye |
yo |
| Z- zete, ceta |
zoológico |
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CH and LL, are digraphs, or two letters that together produce a sound. However, they do not have their own entries when placing words in alphabetical order, as in a glossary.
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R- RR