Pronunciation of "A"

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Learn to pronounce a (to or the letter a) in Spanish!

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A is the first letter in the Spanish alphabet, one of the five vowel sounds in Spanish, and a word meaning to, at, or per.

In all cases, it is pronounced ah, as in the sound you make when you sigh with relief or make a discovery: Ah!

Here are three phonetic alphabets that show you the pronunciation of a.

Alphabet	Pronunciation
SpanishDict Phonetic Alphabet	ah
International Phonetic Alphabet	a
Spanish Alphabet	a

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Here are some useful sentences and phrases containing a. Remember to emphasize the bold syllables the most!

Spanish	Phonetic Pronunciation	English
a	ah	a, at, or to
a ti	ah tee	to you
a veces	ah beh-ses (Latin America) // ah beh-thes (Spain)	sometimes
a menudo	ah meh-noo-doh	often, usually
a tiempo	ah tyehm-poh	on time
A ver.	ah behr	Let's see.
a la derecha	ah lah deh-reh-chah	to the right
a la izquierda	ah lah ees-kyehr-dah (Latin America) // ah lah eeth-kyehr-dah (Spain)	to the left
a pesar de	ah peh-sahr deh	in spite of, despite
a través de	ah trah-behs deh	through, across
a menos que	ah meh-nohs keh	unless
a lo mejor	ah loh meh-hohr	maybe, perhaps
a pesar de que	ah peh-sahr deh keh	even though
llevar a cabo	yeh-bahr ah kah-boh	to carry out
montar a caballo	mohn-tahr ah kah-bah-yoh	to ride a horse, to go horseback riding