Spanish Conversation · Level 61
76 words
Spanish word
ch
Pronunciation
IPA/tʃe/
Meaning
- feminine nounch sound
Example
En español, ch suena como en chico.
In Spanish, ch is pronounced like the ch in church.
More examples
¿Conoces palabras con ch que uses a diario?
Do you know any words that contain the ch sound that you use daily?
Core concept
The digraph c plus h that denotes one consonant sound /t͡ʃ/.
Common phrases
palabras con ch
words that contain the ch sound
Similar words
jota: Voiceless guttural sound produced with strong breath at the back of the throat, rasping quality.
hache: Orthographic letter usually unpronounced in speech, present only in spelling.
eñe: Nasal consonant produced with the tongue against the palate and resonance through the nose.
ye: Consonant that often forms a vowel-like glide between vowels in fluent speech.
Definition in Spanish
Combinación ortográfica (dígrafo) que marca la consonante africada /t͡ʃ/ en español, presente en palabras como chocolate.
Word origin
Originates in medieval Spanish spelling that uses c followed by h to signal the palatal affricate /t͡ʃ/, and Spanish orthography treats ch as a distinct letter until 20th-century reforms.
Usage tips
- Spanish syllabification keeps ch together as a single consonant, so chico divides as chi-co rather than ch-i-co.
Other meanings
- ch digraphnoun