Spanish text needs an explicit accent rule
The A–Z letters and digits use the familiar International Morse mapping. This page additionally supports Ñ as --.--. N remains -., so AÑO and ANO do not become the same Morse message.
Accented vowels Á, É, Í, Ó and Ú are normalized to A, E, I, O and U. Ü becomes U. The original spelling stays in your input, and a note reports normalization. Because those accents are removed before encoding, the decoder cannot know which accent to restore.
Examples with expected results
| Input | Text represented | Morse |
|---|---|---|
| AÑO | AÑO | .- --.-- --- |
| SEÑAL | SEÑAL | ... . --.-- .- .-.. |
| CAFÉ | CAFE | -.-. .- ..-. . |
| PINGÜINO | PINGUINO | .--. .. -. --. ..- .. -. --- |
Try a short example first, copy the result, then use Swap. AÑO should return as AÑO. CAFÉ returns as CAFE because the accent was intentionally normalized. That is a documented loss of spelling detail, not a guess about the original word.
Use word boundaries consistently
HOLA MUNDO becomes .... --- .-.. .- / -- ..- -. -.. ---. The slash marks the gap between words. A single space separates letters. When decoding, the tool also accepts a wider typed gap or a line break between words.
To include literal slash punctuation, encode it as -..-.. Do not confuse that signal with the formatting separator between words.
Other characters and digraphs
Modern CH is sent here as C followed by H: -.-. ..... This tool does not implement every historical national extension. Inverted opening punctuation such as ¿ and ¡ is outside this page’s map and produces an unsupported-character warning.
The core international table also includes accented E as a separate assignment, but this Spanish tool deliberately uses an accent-normalized convention. Its behavior is stated here so that the output can be reproduced. Confirm the receiving service’s convention if you are using another system.
En español: cómo usar esta página
Escriba una palabra o una frase y seleccione «Text to Morse». La Ñ se conserva; las vocales acentuadas se convierten a su forma sin tilde. Revise los avisos antes de copiar el resultado. Para descodificar, separe las letras con un espacio y las palabras con una barra. El descodificador no puede recuperar tildes que se eliminaron durante la conversión.
Practise the distinction
Compare -. --- with --.-- ---. The first gives NO and the second ÑO. Now compare CAFE and CAFÉ in text mode: they intentionally produce the same Morse output. These two checks show the difference between a preserved letter extension and a normalized accent.
Use the Latin alphabet reference for the shared A–Z patterns, the audio page for listening exercises and the testing notes for limitations. The Spanish extension is labelled separately from the ITU core table.