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Originally Posted by Rusty
The pronunciation of the v and the b is identical. However, when these consonants are between vowels, the lips aren't totally closed, so you get a softer sounding consonant. This is called sonido bilabial fricativo.
The w, used in loanwords and foreign terms, is pronounced like the 'oo' in boot, so it sounds like the English w.
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I'm sorry Rusty, I can't really understand your explanation about
w, as I would pronounce
boot like /bu:t/ (IPA, AFI, I hope it's clear).
BTW, "w" has got its own phoneme in Spanish, /w/, which is said to be "uau". It's a semivowel or semiconsonant sound (depending on the phonetic context) really important in the evolution of the language. Nowadays, it's pronounced, as Rusty said, in loanwords and foreign terms: /w/ (IPA, AFI).