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Beginning Spanish students are often told that the L of Spanish is pronounced pretty much like it is in English. But that isn’t necessarily true. While the English word “low” and the Spanish lo are pronounced very much alike, “tall” and tal are not. Although you may not have noticed, English has two “L” sounds that are quite different — and, as explained in our lesson on pronouncing the L, only one of them is used in Spanish.