This is a quick cheat sheet for the sounds found in Spanish.
There is at least 1 i sound in Spanish. In terms of all possible i sounds, there is the basic most common i sound, the secondary i sound, and the tertiary i sound, as well as long and nasal forms of each.
| i | i | Like "ee" sound. | i |
There is at least 1 e sound in Spanish. In terms of all possible e sounds, there is the basic most common e sound, the secondary e sound, and the tertiary e sound, as well as long and nasal forms of each.
| e | e | Like "day" sound. | e |
There is at least 1 a sound in Spanish. In terms of all possible a sounds, there is the basic most common a sound, the secondary a sound, and the tertiary a sound, as well as long and nasal forms of each.
| a | a | Like "ah" in father sound. | a ɑ ä |
There is at least 1 o sound in Spanish. In terms of all possible o sounds, there is the basic most common o sound, the secondary o sound, and the tertiary o sound, as well as long and nasal forms of each.
| o | o | Like "oh" sound. | o |
There is at least 1 u sound in Spanish. In terms of all possible u sounds, there is the basic most common u sound, the secondary u sound, and the tertiary u sound, as well as long and nasal forms of each.
| u | u | Like "oo" in "you" sound. | u |
There is at least 1 m sound in Spanish. Notice the English m and mm have a similar shape.
| m | m | Regular m | m |
There is at least 1 n sound in Spanish. Notice the English n and nn have a similar shape.
| n | n | Regular n | n |
There is at least 1 g sound in Spanish.
| g | g | Regular g | ɡ ɢ |
There is at least 1 d sound in Spanish. Notice the English d and dd have a similar shape.
| d | d | Regular d | d |
There is at least 1 b sound in Spanish. Notice the English b and bb have a similar shape.
| b | b | Regular b | b |
There is at least 1 p sound in Spanish.
| p | p | Regular p | p |
There is at least 1 t sound in Spanish.
| t | t | Regular t | t |
There is at least 1 k sound in Spanish.
| k | k | Regular k | k |
There is at least 1 sh sound in Spanish.
| x | x | Regular sh | ʃ |
There is at least 1 f sound in Spanish.
| f | f | Regular f | f |
There is at least 1 l sound in Spanish.
| l | l | Regular l | l |
There is at least 1 s sound in Spanish.
| s | s | Regular s | s |
There is at least 1 r sound in Spanish.
| r | r | Regular r (trilled or flap) | ɾ |
There is at least 1 th sound in Spanish.
| c | c | Voiceless th (like English "think") | θ |
There is at least 1 ch sound in Spanish.
| tx | tx | Regular ch sound (like English "chip") | tʃ |