# Spanish (es-ES)
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The following table lists the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) phonemes, the Extended Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet (X-SAMPA) symbols, and the corresponding visemes for the Spanish voices that are supported by Amazon Polly.


**Phoneme/Viseme Table**  

| IPA | X-SAMPA | Description | Example | Viseme | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
|  **Consonants**  | 
| ɾ | 4 | alveolar flap | pe**r**o, b**r**avo, amo**r**, ete**r**no | t | 
| b | b | voiced bilabial plosive | b**e**stia | p | 
| β | B | voiced bilabial fricative | be**b**é | B | 
| d | d | voiced alveolar plosive | cuan**d**o | t | 
| ð | D | voiced dental fricative | ar**d**er | T | 
| f | f | voiceless labiodental fricative | **f**ase, ca**f**é | f | 
| g | g | voiced velar plosive | **g**ato, len**g**ua, **g**uerra | k | 
| ɣ | G | voiced velar fricative | tri**g**o, Ar**g**os | k | 
| j | j | palatal approximant | hac**i**a, t**i**erra, rad**i**o, v**i**uda | i | 
| ʝ | j\$1 | voiced palatal fricative | enh**i**elar, sa**y**o, in**y**ectado, des**y**erba | J | 
| k | k | voiceless velar plosive | **c**aña, la**c**a, **q**uisimos | k | 
| l | l | alveolar lateral approximant | **l**ino, ca**l**or, principa**l** | t | 
| ʎ | L | palatal lateral approximant | **ll**ave, po**ll**o | J | 
| m | m | bilabial nasal | **m**adre, co**m**er, a**n**fibio | p | 
| n | n | alveolar nasal | **n**ido, a**n**illo, si**n** | t | 
| ɲ | J | palatal nasal | caba**ñ**a, **ñ**oquis | J | 
| ŋ | N | velar nasal | ci**n**co, ve**n**ga | k | 
| p | p | voiceless bilabial plosive | **p**ozo, to**p**o | p | 
| r | r | alveolar trill | pe**rr**o, en**r**achado | r | 
| s | s | voiceless alveolar fricative | **s**aco, ca**s**a, puerta**s** | s | 
| t | t | voiceless alveolar plosive | **t**amiz, á**t**omo | t | 
| t͡ʃ | tS | voiceless postalveolar affricate | **ch**ubasco | S | 
| θ | T | voiceless dental fricative | cere**z**a, **z**orro, la**c**ero, pa**z** | T | 
| w | w | labial-velar approximant | f**u**ego, f**u**imos, c**u**ota, c**u**adro | u | 
| x | x | voiceless velar fricative | **j**amón, **g**eneral, su**j**e, relo**j** | k | 
| z | z | voiced alveolar fricative | ra**s**go, mi**s**mo | s | 
|  **Vowels**  | 
| a | a | open front unrounded vowel | t**a**nque | a | 
| e | e | close-mid front unrounded vowel | p**e**so | e | 
| i | i | close front unrounded vowel | c**i**nco | i | 
| o | o | close-mid back rounded vowel | b**o**sque | o | 
| u | u | close-mid front unrounded vowel | p**u**blicar | u | 
|  **Additional Symbols**  | 
| ˈ | " | primary stress | Ala**ba**ma |  | 
| ˌ | % | secondary stress | **A**labama |  | 
| . | . | syllable boundary | A.la.ba.ma |  |