How to Pronounce “el

word

/ˈɛɫ/
el
/ˈɛl/
el

IPA Transcription

American English

/ˈɛɫ/

British English

/ˈɛl/

Simplified Pronunciation

US

el

UK

el

Listen in Context

In Spanish class, we learned that el means “the” for many masculine nouns.

The word el comes before “libro” in the phrase “el libro.”

Please write the letter name el on the board.

Her teacher said, “Use el here, because the noun is masculine.”