{"id":4848,"date":"2012-05-14T07:00:34","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T11:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=4848"},"modified":"2014-07-15T13:50:48","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T17:50:48","slug":"how-to-pronounce-the-letter-r-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/how-to-pronounce-the-letter-r-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"How to pronounce the letter “r” in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"

English-speaking students usually have a hard time when they try to pronounce the letter r in Spanish. So our post today will be for you to practice this pronunciation.<\/p>\n

Here are some rules:<\/p>\n

1. If the letter r comes at the beginning of a word it has a trilled sound. The same happens when there is a double rr.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nrabia<\/em> (anger) – ra\u00edz<\/em> (root) – reloj<\/em> (clock, watch) – remar<\/em> (to row) – r\u00edo<\/em> (river) – rico<\/em> (rich) – rosa<\/em> (rose) – ropa<\/em> (clothes)<\/p>\n

\nperro<\/em> (dog) – guerra<\/em> (war) – berro<\/em> (watercress) – barro<\/em> (mud) – burro<\/em> (donkey, stupid) – cerrar<\/em> (to close) – arriba<\/em> (up) – arroz<\/em> (rice) – zorro<\/em> (fox) – cigarro<\/em> (cigar) – hierro<\/em> (iron) – barrio<\/em> (neighborhood)<\/p>\n

2. If it comes in the middle of a word (between two vowels or a vowel and a consonant) or at the end of a word it has a softer sound, like a flap d in English.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nhablar<\/em> (to speak) – cantar<\/em> (to sing) – comer<\/em> (to eat) – beber<\/em> (to drink) – partir<\/em> (to leave) – salir<\/em> (to go out) – se\u00f1or<\/em> (sir) – se\u00f1ora<\/em> (ma’am) – portada<\/em> (cover) – muerto<\/em> (dead) – trabajo<\/em> (work) – trabajar<\/em> (to work) – prisi\u00f3n<\/em> (prison) – cara<\/em> (face) – aire<\/em> (air) – abrir<\/em> (to open) – otro<\/em> (other)<\/p>\n

Here’s a little tongue twister!<\/p>\n

\n“Erre” con “erre” guitarra,<\/em>
\n “erre” con “erre” barril.<\/em>
\n R\u00e1pido corren los carros,<\/em>
\n Cargados de az\u00facar del ferrocarril.<\/em><\/p>\n

Por hoy es todo, nos vemos prontito.<\/em><\/p>\n

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English-speaking students usually have a hard time when they try to pronounce the letter r in Spanish. So our post today will be for you to practice this pronunciation. Here are some rules: 1. If the letter r comes at the beginning of a word it has a trilled sound. The same happens when there…<\/p>\n

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