Spanish letter w 
This letter sound as: /w/ (Voiced labio-velar approximant) and is present in diphthongs where the 'u' is not stressed. On imported words, depending on word origin it can exhibit the sounds: /w/, /u/, /β/, /b/
The voiced labio-velar approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in certain spoken languages, including English. It is the sound denoted by the letter ⟨w⟩ in the English alphabet; likewise, the symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨w⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is w
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