Spanish letter s ![Includes sound files!](../../../../images/Paul%20Joyce/soundmin2.gif)
This letter always sound as: /s/ (Voiceless alveolar sibilant)
The voiceless alveolar sibilant is a common consonant sound in vocal languages. It is the sound in English words such as sea and pass, and is represented in the International Phonetic Alphabet with ⟨s⟩. It has a characteristic high-pitched, highly perceptible hissing sound. For this reason, it is often used to get someone's attention, using a call often written as sssst! or psssst!.
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