B vs. V in Spanish

Question

The letter V (ube) is spelled as B in Spanish, for example: vale, vivir, vecino, ...etc. But there are some words that contains (v) but spelled also (v) in spanish is Spain also, like: Por favor. Is there any reason behind this?

Hola Mndeen. Perhaps you mean to say "V is *pronounced* as B ....... words that contain V but are *pronounced,* like the English V ......... *in* Spain also" - ajaks, Jan 8, 2012

ve and be are two diferent letters. - Tasear, Jan 8, 2012

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Answer 1

It depends on the dialect a little I think. In Spain there is more a mix of the b/v less in Mexico. That's called Castillian Spanish by the way.

Answer 2

http://spanish.about.com/cs/forbeginners/a/beg_alphabet.htm

There is update to be and uve in spanish.

Another change promulgated in 2010 involved the names for b and v, which were pronounced be and ve — in other words, identically, since the b and v are pronounced alike. So various ways of distinguishing between the letters were developed, and chances are you'll still hear them used. For example, sometimes B is referred to as be grande ("big B") and the V as ve chica ("little V").

Update: What I understood from this article is B is strong sound and V is the weaker sound.

¡Hola Tori! I think this question is meant to be about the pronunciation, rather than the spelling. - ajaks, Jan 8, 2012