Spanish words are pronunced the same way as they are written so that reading a written text is a very easy task. The Spanish phonetics is rather straightforward. The Spanish language uses the Latin alphabet and ascribes a distinguished sound to each sign. There are very few exceptions.

The alphabet includes 5 well-established vocalic sounds corresponding with the five vowels of the Latin alphabet that always have the same sound: A, E, I, O, U.

The consonants (B C D F G H J K L M N Ñ P Q R S T V W X YZ) always have the same sound, except C and G with such sounds as: CA CE CI CO CU and GA GE GI GO GU.

The rest of consonants sound the same way they are written:

Some notes:

The letter H is not pronounced, except when used after the letter C: CHA CHE CHI CHO CHU.
The letter Q is always followed by G: GUE GUI.
If you want the letter U to sound we must use diaeresis: CIGÜEÑA.
The letter LL sounds like Y: LLA LLE LLI LLO LLU (or almost similar)
The letter RR sounds like an engine: (Brrrrrrum!) RRA RRE RRI RRO RRU.