The Spanish National Institute of Statistics (INE) confirmed on Thursday that the consumer price index (CPI) in Spain rose by 1.2 percent in April.
The INE studies also show April's CPI jumped 3.8 percent year-on-year.
The increase in inflation is due to rises in the prices of food and non-alcoholic drinks, which are partly resulted from rising fuel and transport costs.
The prices of shoes and clothing also increased by 9.6 percent in April. This is mainly due to the arrival of summer collections in the shops and the end of early year sales which aim to sell off old stock.
Meanwhile the underlying level of inflation, which excludes fuel and energy costs, stood at 2.1 percent in April, up 0.4 percent from March, while transport costs have risen by 9.3 percent over the past 12 months./.