Most of us gringos have trouble trilling our r’s and especially the Spanish rr’s. Everything I’ve been able to find says practicing this tongue twister over, over and over is the best advice I can find. I’m open for any other suggestions!

Erre con Erre Cigarro
Erre con Erre Barril
Rápido corre el carro
Repleto do ferro en el ferrocarril

Here’s another tongue twister I found just for fun.

Pablito clavó un clavito
Que clavito clavó Pablito

I actually found a news article about it -

The secret behind Beyonce’s Latin crossover hit
I did this exercise with her, “Erre con erre cigarro, erre con erre barril, rapido corren los carros.” She’d be laughing, and I’m like, “Beyonce, trust me, do this.” She stands there literally sometimes six hours nonstop in front of the microphone trying to get this right. That’s why she’s a superstar.

It must work! In case your wondering here’s Beyonce’s album Imprescindible on iTunes and for those that don’t have iTunes. Beyonce on Amazon MP3. Click on the link to hear a few seconds of it. Spanish is everywhere and everyone is learning it.

Apple iTunes