Why is "Enrique" pronunced as though it has a double "r"?

Question

Why is "Enrique", even though its 'r' position is at the middle of a word, pronounced as a double "r"? What are the orthographic rules you need to know to determine if an "r" must be pronounced as a double "r" or just an "r"?

Answer 1

R

La letra 'r' tiene sonido fuerte:

Cuando va al principio de la palabra. Ejemplos:

Roberto

Rebeca

Rodrigo

Raquel

ratón

rabia

redacción

rubio

Rubí

Cuando va después de la 'l'

alrededor

Cuando va después de la 'n'

Enrique

enroscar

enriquecerse

Cuando va después de la "s'

Israel

Cuando va doble:

ferrocarril

carretera

correr

correo

cigarro

Answer 2

He estudiado la fonetica. There were 11 pages on the letter r. It is a good rule of thumb to pronounce the r as a double r when it is in the middle of a word. Phonetically it is an r with a line over it.