▁hay las ▁( it ▁is ▁more ▁normal ▁to ▁say ▁te ▁do y , ▁las ▁hay ). ▁The ▁letter ▁ ▁is ▁used ▁for ▁the ▁v owel ▁ ▁in ▁the ▁conj unction ▁y ▁and ▁in ▁some ▁ac ron ym s , ▁like ▁p yme ▁( from ▁peque ña ▁y ▁med iana ▁empresa ). ▁Otherwise , ▁ ▁for ▁a ▁v owel ▁or ▁sem iv owel ▁occurs ▁only ▁in ▁some ▁arch a ically - sp elled ▁proper ▁names ▁and ▁their ▁deriv ations : ▁Gu ay mas , ▁gu ay me ño , ▁and ▁also ▁f ray b ent ino ▁( from ▁F ray ▁Bent os ▁with ▁regular ▁usage ▁of ▁ ▁in ▁a ▁word - final ▁di ph th ong ). ▁Der iv atives ▁of ▁foreign ▁proper ▁names ▁also ▁con serve ▁: ▁t aylor ismo , ▁from ▁Taylor . ▁ ▁Special ▁and ▁modified ▁letters ▁ ▁The ▁v ow els ▁can ▁be ▁marked ▁with ▁an ▁ac ute ▁acc ent — — for ▁two ▁purposes : ▁to ▁mark ▁stress ▁if ▁it ▁does ▁not ▁follow ▁the ▁most ▁common ▁pattern , ▁or ▁to ▁differenti ate ▁words ▁that ▁are ▁otherwise ▁sp elled ▁ident ically ▁( called ▁the ▁til de ▁dia cr ít ica ▁in ▁Spanish ). ▁The ▁acc ented ▁ ▁is ▁found ▁only ▁in ▁some ▁proper ▁names : ▁A ý na , ▁La ý na , ▁ Ý ñ igue z . ▁ ▁A ▁silent ▁ ▁is ▁used ▁between ▁ ▁and ▁ ▁or ▁ ▁to ▁indicate ▁a ▁hard ▁ ▁pron unci ation , ▁so ▁that ▁ ▁represents ▁ ▁and ▁ ▁represents ▁. ▁The