How is 'Ll' pronounced in spanish?

Question

I want to know because my spanish teacher for example says 'Llamo" but pronounces the 'Ll' bu tin other cases she doesnt.

Answer 1

As mentioned by Lazarus, there are three dialectical variations that one is likely to encounter. Here is a link to a website which provides several recorded pronunciations which give examples of these three variants.

To find them, simply click on the third tab from the left labeled voz (underneath "consonantes"). This will pull up two new tabs labeled "sordas" and "sonoras," respectively.

By clicking on the tab labeled "sonora," you can find can then find examples for two of the sounds by clicking on the symbols [?] and [?]

The third symbol can be found by going back and clicking on the tab labeled "sorda" and then looking for the symbol that looks like this: [?]

Remember again that each of these sounds is not representative of what one might hear from a single speaker, but what one might hear from three different speakers due to dialectic variations.

Answer 2

Aside from the link provided above, you might also be interested in the following two links which describe the idea of lleísmo and yeísmo (also of interest might be the ideas of sheísmo and zheísmo which are mentioned in the second link)

Yeísmo (Wikipedia)

Seseo/ceceo and lleísmo/yeísmo

In regards to yeísmo, you might also find helpful this little youtube video which provides a nice illustration of the various phonemes one might hear by way of the word "mayo" in the expression "cinco de mayo."

Answer 3

There are three main variations in the pronunciation of the digraph ll, but the most common one is close to the English Y in "you", but with the tongue closer to the roof (but not as much as CH in "chin") in order to produce turbulence.

Answer 4

like a Y duhhh!

Answer 5

I would say it's more equivalent to a "y" in English. For instance, the word brillar, the "ll" is pronounced the same way as the "y" in yellow. If I can find a link to give an audible example I'll update my post.

Update:

See here Just click the speaker next to the word to hear the sound.

Update 2:

It wouldn't be fair not to acknowledge the fact that it depends on who you talk to though. People all over the world speak different and pronounce different. So, Lazarus and I could both be right, just depends on who you ask.