f

The sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.


y

letter name, everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay

letter name, elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay

The twenty-sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called ye or i griega and written in the Latin script.


A

The first letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


X

The twenty-fifth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


i

The ninth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


o

The sixteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.


CH

head

CH (upper case, lower case ch, mixed case Ch)

che, the fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet


q

The eighteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


v

the twenty-third (23rd) letter of the Spanish alphabet


j

The tenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


l

The twelfth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


r

The nineteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


p

The seventeenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


g

The seventh letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


b

The second letter of the Spanish alphabet, called be and written in the Latin script.


k

The eleventh letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


h

The eighth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


m

The thirteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


n

The fourteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


d

The fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


c

The third letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


s

The twentieth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


z

The twenty-seventh letter of the Spanish alphabet, called zeta and written in the Latin script.


u

The twenty-second letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


e

The fifth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


ñ

From n with a nasal dash, which is a medieval shorthand for m or n (e.g. fõtẽ or fōtē for fontem). The sign ñ thus represents nn, the usual Old Spanish spelling for /ɲ/, generalised from words like año, where the sound goes back to Latin -nn-.

The fifteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called eñe and written in the Latin script. For example, used in the word cañón ('canyon').


ll

ll (lower case, upper case LL, mixed case Ll)

elle, the 14th letter of the Spanish alphabet, after l and before m


Ll

Ll (lower case, upper case LL, lower case ll)


Ñ

The fifteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called eñe and written in the Latin script.


F

the sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet


A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called diéresis (“diaeresis”) in Spanish, and found on Ü/ü. Indicate that the 'u' is pronounced between a 'c' or 'g' and a vowel 'e' or 'i', as in Malagüez.


J

the tenth letter of the Spanish alphabet


G

the seventh letter of the Spanish alphabet


K

The eleventh letter of the Spanish alphabet


H

the eighth letter of the Spanish alphabet


S

The twentieth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called es and written in the Latin script.


LL

LL (upper case, lower case ll, mixed case Ll)

elle, the 14th letter of the Spanish alphabet, after L and before M


Ch

Ch (mixed case, upper case CH, lower case ch)

che, the fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet, after C and before D


I

the ninth letter of the Spanish alphabet


ch

ch (lower case, upper case CH, mixed case Ch)

che, the former fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet, after c and before d


í

A letter of the Latin alphabet representing the accented sound /i/


a

The first letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


x

chicano/chicana → chicanx

ellos/ellas → ellxs

latino/latina → latinx

los/las → lxs

(uncommon) forms gender-neutral versions of words by replacing both the masculine o and feminine a


ve de vaca

the letter V, so called to distinguish it from be de burro, the letter B


qu

qu (lower case, upper case QU, mixed case Qu)


A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called acento agudo (“acute accent”) in Spanish, and found on Á/á, É/é, Í/í, Ó/ó and Ú/ú. Used to indicate stress patterns not predictable from orthographic rules.


É

A letter of the Latin alphabet representing an accented vowel /e/


Ó

A letter of the Latin alphabet representing an accented vowel /o/; capital form of ó


Í

A letter of the Latin alphabet representing an accented vowel /i/; uppercase version of í.


Ú

A letter of the Latin alphabet representing an accented vowel /u/; uppercase version of ú


Qu

Qu (mixed case, upper case QU, lower case qu)


QU

QU (upper case, lower case qu, mixed case QU)


A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called virgulilla (“tilde”) in Spanish, and found on Ñ/ñ.