How to pronounce "r" in Spanish?

Rolling the r takes practice. If you can roll the r in word-ending position, you may find it easier to roll it in word-initial position by adding a vowel before the word. Most of the letters of the Spanish alphabet have a vowel at the beginning to aid with the pronunciation, F (efe), L, (ele), M (eme), [...], R (ere or erre).

It is the air coming out of your lungs that helps to form the sounds. To roll the r, relax your tongue and get a good breath of air; you need a nice strong current to make your tongue roll, so you cannot be shy. Do not trying whispering it, you'll get nowhere. That's why I recommend you put a vowel before it. Once you're better at it, you can eliminate it.

Edited to add: Sorry, I totally forgot that you do not just "relax" the tongue. Place it the following way: the tip should be touching the alveolar ridge (the part of skin behind your upper teeth and roof of your mouth). The air you're expelling will make your tongue strike that area and produce the sound you're looking for.

When the r is between two vowels, you pronounce it like the 'tt' in "utter", just a quick tap. When it's in word-mid position followed by another consonant, you roll it, like in the name Carlos.

You can practice with:

"Erre con erre cigarro, erre con erre carril, rapido corren los carros, por la linea del ferrocarril"

Even native speakers practiced this in school so don't get frustrated!"

Buena suerte!

In gracias the c is suggested as an S. However in lots of different Spanish phrases opening with a C, like Casa Corazon, or Comer the C primarily the primary in a phrase is suggested as a C. In addition persons from Spain pronounce the c as a zeta however that is one more dilemma Hope this is helping NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKER

With the R in the middle of the word, it's not a roll, it's a tongue flap (RR is the roll).