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Spelling your name on the phone

You're on the phone and they ask you for your full name, and the person on the other end writes it wrong twice in a row.

These ten words help you spell your name over the phone, like deletrear, apellido and guion. Each one comes with its pronunciation and a sentence you can say out loud.

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The ten words10 words, 10 sentences

1
deletrearto spell/deletɾeˈaɾ/verbTo say the letters of a word one by one.The 'e' and the 'a' at the end don't blend together: de-le-tre-ar, and the stress falls on the last syllable.
2
letraletter/ˈletɾa/nounEach of the signs used to write words.
3
apellidosurname/apeˈʝido/nounThe family name that comes after the first name.The double l sounds like 'y', and the stress falls on 'lli'.

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The sentences

1
¿Quieres que te lo vuelva a deletrear despacio?
Do you want me to spell it again for you, slowly?
2
La segunda letra no es la que te dije.
The second letter isn't the one I told you.
3
Mi apellido se escribe con acento en la última sílaba.
My surname is written with an accent on the last syllable.

The same situation in English, Portuguese, Italian, French, German.