Spanish· consonant

How to pronounce the r in clusters in Spanish

The same quick tongue-tap when r sits next to another consonant or closes a syllable: tres, puerta, hablar. Keep it short — never the English curled-back r.

Heard in sobre · creo · nuestro

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sobre

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Spanish words with r in clusters

Words from the same catalog the Spanish course drills — the app scores every one of them sound by sound.

sobrecreonuestrohistoriaprimeraacuerdomaneranombreeresmujeresnúmeromadrecentroderechonuestrospodríarealidadrealrazónmayoría

In a sentence

  • Aquí tienes una flor, otra, otra, seis: todas son distintas.

    flores

  • ¿Qué se pierde por hacer la prueba?

    prueba

  • Pero es raro que no te haya hablado de ese asunto de interés que tiene que tratar conmigo.

    raro

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