Spanish pronunciation of English

In Spanish, a word cannot start with the consonant combinations /sk/, /sp/, or /st/.

Examples:

/sk/

English	school skeleton
Italian	scuola scheletro
Spanish	escuela esqueleto

All of the above words come from the Latin 'schola' and Greek 'skeleton'. As you can see, Spanish is the only language that inserts an 'e'. Observe that the sound combination /sk/ can be spelt in two ways in Spanish: sc + a/o/u or squ + e/i

/sp/

English	Spain
Italian	Spagna
Spanish	España

/st/

English	student
Italian	studente
Spanish	estudiante

This makes Spanish speakers pronounce an 'e' sound in English words, as if they were spelt:

eschool

eskeleton

Espain

estudent

This is not a serious issue, but can sometimes lead to non-Spanish speakers not understanding, so it is worth keeping in mind.