How To Do a Spanish Accent // Sound Like a Native Speaker

If you want to learn how to do a Spanish accent or sound like a native Spanish speaker, check out this helpful tutorial from our expert instructor Azalea.

In this lesson, you’ll learn some of the unique sounds that are specific to the Spanish language, such as the rolled R and the Ñ sound. Azalea also explains how the Spanish accent differs from country to country and region to region.

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[hernan]

Guys let's switch the language. You are trying to learn Spanish and I'm trying to learn English. Haha!! Thank you so much for choosing this beautiful and romantic language!! Best success!!

[KMO]

The rolled r is definitely the hardest thing about Spanish.

[carlosreo-dero]

What do you find the most difficult about the Spanish accent..??

Me: The Spanish accent..!!. :-/

[kristian]

I'm a Filipino and learning Spanish is fun for some reason. It's a bit familiar already because of the loaned words we have but also challenging. Duolingo is certainly making it fun.

[GlobalAdventurer]

This was really helpful. Still have problems with the rolling R😭

[leidytriana]

Hi, I'm Latina and if you have difficulties with Spanish, we also have difficulties with English, especially to say the words well, because for us it is not easy.

[Robertsson]

Super teacher! I speak 3 languages and try learning Spanish by myself. Your English has a very clear american accent, which is cute, and your Spanish (as far as I can tell) is crystal clear. Thanks for this video, everything you presented is simple and useful, and I mean EVERYTHING! ¡Buena suerte!

[enricakgym]

Philippines and Spain have the same vowel

[szarrlja]

I'm Filipino from The Visayas region from the Philippines, and surprisingly most of these exist in my language. How similar and interesting... 💯👌

[pech]

1:18 never EVER say “puelto lico” no one does that we, usually say “Puelto Rico”

[rjcalderon]

OMG I can't believe how true is this, for you guys who speak english as a first language is difficult to pronounce consonants like "r" but is the same for us (spanish speakers), some sounds are difficult. The most beautiful thing about languages is to learn, I do it every day with my bae (who doesn't speak spanish). My name is Renata, just imagine how difficult is for him to pronounce it haha.

[Enriquez]

I think my tongue is having a stroke with the “rr”

[procastination_is_my_passi]

She's so good at explaining things!

[jonathanestrada]

For Filipinos like me, it is hard to grasp how LL (the double L) has come to be pronounced the ways native Spanish speakers do now. We can definitely do the modern pronunciation, but it will definitely annoy us. Lol. We've always pronounced it as /ly/, exactly like Portuguese LH and Italian GLI. They say our pronunciation is archaic.

[baljeetsinghsando]

You are a splendiferous teacher. You made learning Spanish much easier for me.! 🌟

[ismaelsedoc]

Yur are a powerful teacher! Great job! Me gusta este lección!

[stormcloud]

I do voice acting in my spare time. I have to voice a character with a Spanish accent so this is quite helpful. The rolled r is kind of hard though 😭🤚

[charisma-nr]

When you speak spanish fluent but your watching this

[rogeriochamorro]

Not only in French. In Portuguese, accents change the vowel sounds. We have 13 vowel sounds in Portuguese: 5 closed vowels, 2 open vowels, 5 nasal vowels and schwa sound as in English.

[gswgsm]

In the Philipine particularly in Visayas and Mindanao in grade school our teachers are teaching that Spanish 5 vowel A, E, I, O, U.