A veces = a betheth
I hear the Spanish pronunciation of the letter "c" in words such as "veces" or "relación" as "th". As someone who prefers proper grammar (and accent in this case), is this necessary to sound proper or just a dialect preference?
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Adding to what gsdf and katy said, the letter V in Spanish is always pronounced as the letter B in English or Spanish. Exception: Chileans, who have turned both the "B" and "V" sounds into an English "V".
The letter C in front of the vowels e and i in Spain sounds like a th in English. In Latin America, just like an ss sound in English.
The letter Z in front of all vowels in Spain sounds like a th. In Latin America, like an ss sound in English. The same goes for words that end in Z (th sound in Spain and an English ss sound in Latin America.. Example: Lápiz)
Ad Katy said, some countries such as Chile, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Panama and certain coastal regions of Colombia have an "Andalucian" twang, where the aspirate the final "S's" of a word. They almost sound like an aspirated, but very soft, h sound in English. Sometimes the sound is not even pronounced at all.
Comidas koh-mee-da-h
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This pronunciation is Spanish of Spain. It's how I know immediately that a song on the radio is performed by someone from Spain. It sounds like a lisp to an English speaking ear.
In South and Central America you will hear it pronounced with the English 's' sound... except in Chile where they love to drop the 's' especially at the end of the word.
I think that is from Spain, so just a dialect preference.
