220+ Spanish Words That Start with J (with Audio)

Unlike the hard “jay” sound in English, “j” in Spanish is more like a hard “ch” sound—like the “ch” in “Loch Ness monster.”

Don’t worry if you don’t quite get it: The letter j is one of the least frequently used letters in the Spanish language. It only appears in about 0.5% of Spanish words!

It was also one of the last letters to be added to the Spanish alphabet. You may have heard the stereotypical Spanish accent pronunciation of words like “yellow” as “Jyellow”—that’s in part from the fact that all j sounds were represented by the letter I until J was put into use in the 18th century.

There are some words that start with J in Spanish, but most of them are borrowed from another language—usually Arabic. And yet, the letter J is often used for traditional Spanish names like Juan, José and Julia.

Read on to learn over 220 words in the Spanish language that start with the letter J!

Contents

• Spanish Nouns That Start with J
• Spanish Verbs That Start with J
• Spanish Adjectives That Start with J
• Spanish Adverbs That Start with J
• Common Spanish Names That Start with J
• Spanish J-Words Quiz: Test Yourself!

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Spanish Nouns That Start with J

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Spanish Verbs That Start with J

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Spanish Adjectives That Start with J

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Spanish Adverbs That Start with J

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Common Spanish Names That Start with J

• Jaime
• Jairo
• Javier
• Javiera
• Jazmín
• Jerónimo
• Jésica
• Jesús
• Jimena
• Joaquín
• Joaquína
• Joel
• Jonás
• Jonathan
• Jorge
• José
• Josefa
• Juan
• Juan José
• Juan Pablo
• Juana
• Juanito / Juanita
• Julia
• Julián
• Julio

Spanish J-Words Quiz: Test Yourself!

I hope this post has given you a new appreciation for one of the least popular letters in the Spanish language. Now go out there and use these Spanish words that begin with J!