How are double LL's pronounced?

Question

when I see a word with double LL's it doesn't sound at all how it looks. Any help would be much appreciated.

There are older threads on this one too if you type in your question in the search box under ask a question. - katydew, Jan 27, 2013

Answer 1

This video might have more information than you want, but it's not too bad.

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That covers it pretty well too, with multimedia. - rogspax, Jan 27, 2013

Answer 2

You'll probably mostly hear it pronounced as a "y" sound. So, "llama" would be more like "yama." However, the pronunciation varies depending on one's regional accent. In Argentina, you may hear it with a "sh" sound. I've also heard it as almost an English "j" sound.

That covers it pretty well! - rogspax, Jan 27, 2013

Answer 3

This is regional. I travel a lot in the Americas and hear it several ways. The most common:

Like an English:

y sound.

a soft j sound

a bit harder j sound

a zh sound.

But never like we'd excpect with a LL sound you'd hear in English.

My son says his with a 'y' sound like they do in Chile, but his Puerto Rican Spanish teacher insists on a harder 'j' sound.

Answer 4

LL = Y

Answer 5

Also in central and northern Spain the "ll" is called "la elye", so "la calle" is pronounced "la calye", but the shift in sound between the L and the Y is very quick.