El dígrafo GU aparece antes de E o I para mantener el sonido /g/ fuerte. Aprende cuándo la U es muda o lleva diéresis.

El alfabeto español consta de 27 letras. Aquí aprenderás sus reglas de ortografía y pronunciación, y cómo se combinan entre sí.

Spanish alphabet includes 27 letters. Here you will learn their spelling and pronunciation rules and the ways they combine with each other.

Spanish Alphabet

El alfabeto de español

The digraph GU appears before E or I to keep the hard /g/ sound. Learn when the U is silent or takes a diaeresis.

The Digraph 'Gu' in Spanish

El dígrafo 'Gu' en español

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The digraph 'gu' in used in Spanish to represent a single, specific consonant sound before certain vowels.

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How to Pronounce 'Gu'

The digraph 'gu' appears **before /e/ and /i/**, so that the letter '[g](https://langeek.co/es-EN/grammar/course/2308/g-in-spanish/intermediate)' can be pronounced as **/ɡ/** rather than /x/, which is its normal sound before these two vowels. Here are some examples:

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As you can see, the '[u](https://langeek.co/es-EN/grammar/course/2327/u-in-spanish/intermediate)' is silent in this digraph, unless it appears with a diaeresis (**ü**), in which case the 'g' is still pronounced as /ɡ/, but 'u' is also pronounced. For example:

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Digraph name	ge
Phoneme	/ɡ/

The Digraph 'Gu' in Spanish

How to Pronounce 'Gu'

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