Oh dear, my friend. &lt;hablo&gt; is /'aβ.lo/!<br>Keep up the sweet, sweet linguistics. This and 'Things you might not know' are what I look forward to in my subscriptions.,(reply>), In spanish, two adjacent consonants are in separate syllables EXCEPT in the cases of b/c/d/f/g/p/t before l/r at the beginning of a syllable OR any consonant before s at the end of a syllable. Other combinations might be possible, but they'd only occur in loan words.,(reply>), @Valosken I don't understand your question :/ It depends on how it sounds. If the sound is merged in the speech, then usually it's in the same syllable (Spanish is quite regular when it comes to fonology). ,(reply>), @marmjtin<br>I'm not sure I understand how a consonant could be in or out of a syllable.,(reply>), @Valosken Usually, but not always. The constructions "br" and "bl" are always in the same syllable, because they're pronounced together, like in "BReak". Because of that, they share the syllable. They're in fact words like "flor" (flower) that have only one syllable and four letters. The "r" and "l" usually behave like that.,(reply>), Is it? I thought one splits the syllable through consonant clusters. What is the rule?