👅 Spanish R Made Easy: Practice with This Tongue Twister (Spanish Quickie)

Speaking Spanish for Beginners

Latin ELE

Education, Language Learning

4.8 • 901 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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⚡️ Spanish Quickie Podcast helps beginners build confidence with quick lessons that make Spanish simple.

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Learn how to roll your R in Spanish with a challenging tongue twister! 🌀

This quick pronunciation exercise will help Spanish beginners master tricky sounds while having fun.

The tongue twister is: Enrique rema río arriba, río arriba rema Enrique 🚣

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Struggling with the R in Spanish?
0:04.0	Check out this episode from my show Spanish Quiki, where you'll practice the R with a
0:08.3	fun tongue twister.
0:10.4	Spanish Quiki is available on all major listening apps.
0:13.6	Ready for a quickie?
0:14.6	Sure.
0:15.6	Vamos!
0:16.6	I'll say the tongue twister slow and then add a normal speed.
0:23.6	Ready?
0:24.5	Here I go.
0:26.0	Enrique, rema, rio, arriva.
0:30.7	Rio, arrive, rima, rema, enrique.
0:35.7	Try with me.
0:36.6	We're still doing it slow.
0:38.3	Enrique, rema, rima, rio,
0:43.3	Arriva,
0:46.3	Rio,
0:47.3	Rio,
0:48.3	Arriva,
0:49.3	Rema, Enrique.
0:52.3	The sound you're practicing here is the R in Spanish.
0:57.0	La R.
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