sound aspirated in Spanish?

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Apr 30, 2017 at 21:17	comment	added	tchrist		There is no /h/ in the pronunciation of the word beige: that's crazy talk! Ways is pronounced /weɪz/ while beige is pronounced /beɪʒ/. No haitches were harmed in the make of this public service announcement.
Oct 30, 2015 at 18:10	vote	accept	Nathaniel is protesting
Oct 2, 2015 at 2:08	comment	added	TheLearner		You will always feel the air when trying to pronounce a plosive consonant like /p/ or /b/. The reason you feel it more in English words like plenty and parent than in Spanish words (as you have stated in your question) is because you're not adding the extra /h/ while pronouncing the Spanish p. And that's the right thing to be doing. You shouldn't have anything to worry about. Your question is if native Spanish speakers feel the air in their p's and the answer is yes, they can't avoid it because it's a plosive.
Oct 2, 2015 at 2:05	comment	added	TheLearner		If you're not adding an extra /h/ sound, you have nothing to worry about. The breathing-out is inevitable. Since you already understand aspiration, it IS breathing out by definition. As for "excessive", you can't breathe-out too much or too little; you either breathe out or you don't. I don't think you have anything to worry about as long as the /h/ sound is not getting involved with your pronunciation.
Oct 2, 2015 at 1:49	comment	added	Nathaniel is protesting		Thanks for the clarification on what "aspiration" means. My main concern is that I pronounce the /p/ without excessive breathing out; I don't think I'm adding the /h/ sound.
Oct 2, 2015 at 0:43	history	answered	TheLearner	CC BY-SA 3.0