close front unrounded vowel
as in síPronunciation laboratory · no AI
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Hear the sounds of Spanish, see where they are formed and compare the distinctions your ear is learning to notice.
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Spanish IPA chart
Vowels shape an open stream of air. Consonants interrupt or narrow it. Choose any card to inspect the sound.
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Vowels
5 soundsclose-mid front vowel
as in mesaopen front vowel
as in casaclose-mid back rounded vowel
as in loboclose back rounded vowel
as in lunaC
Consonants
18 soundsvoiceless bilabial plosive
as in panvoiced bilabial plosive
as in barcovoiceless alveolar plosive
as in tazavoiced alveolar plosive
as in dondevoiceless velar plosive
as in casavoiced velar plosive
as in gatovoiceless labiodental fricative
as in fotovoiceless dental fricative
as in cenavoiced dental fricative
as in cadavoiceless alveolar fricative
as in solvoiceless velar fricative
as in jamónbilabial nasal
as in manoalveolar nasal
as in nadapalatal nasal
as in niñoalveolar lateral approximant
as in luzalveolar tap
as in peroalveolar trill
as in perropalatal approximant
as in yo/i/ close front unrounded vowel
Keep the tongue high and forward; leave the lips relaxed.
- Sound type
- Vowel
- Position
- Front
- Action
- Close
- Voice
- Voiced
Put two sounds
side by side.
Useful contrasts reveal the small physical distinction that changes a word.
Which sound
did you hear?
Play an example, then identify its IPA symbol. This exercise uses the sounds currently visible in the chart.
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Listen first, then choose a symbol.
Read the mouth,
not the alphabet.
- 01
Listen before copying
Play the whole example word. Notice where the target sound sits and what comes immediately before and after it.
- 02
Find the contact point
Use the mouth diagram to place the tongue and lips. A few millimetres can separate two phonemes.
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Practise contrasts
Compare sounds that learners commonly merge. Hearing the distinction makes producing it much easier.