erre
/ere/from spelling rules
The English letter r is called erre in Spanish.
erre is used to refer to the name of the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet.
How do you pronounce it?
/ere/
Did you know?
- In Spanish, the name of the letter r is used to describe the act of stuttering or having a speech impediment. A person who struggles to pronounce their letters might be described as having an 'erre' problem.
- The erre acts as a linguistic shibboleth, as the specific trill is often the hardest sound for non-native speakers to master.
- In some regions of the Caribbean, the erre sound is replaced by an l sound, turning a word like puerto into something that sounds like puelto.
Examples in context
- Para los japoneses es muy difícil articular el sonido de la erre.It is difficult for the Japanese to articulate the sound of the r.This sentence illustrates that some people find the sound of the erre difficult to articulate.Tatoeba #4378072 by umano, translation #4409851 by LB
- PerroDog
- CorrerTo run
- ArrancarTo start
- La letra erre se escribe así.The letter r is written like this.
Example conversation
Sofía is helping Alejandro spell a word.
- Sofía¿Cómo se escribe esa palabra, Alejandro?How do you spell that word, Alejandro?
- AlejandroSe escribe con doble erre.It is spelled with a double r.
- SofíaAh, entonces lleva una erre más.Ah, so it has one more r.
- AlejandroExacto, así es correcto.Exactly, that is correct.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
