Write n with tilde above, as in El Nino

Question

I'm trying to write "El Niño" in text mode within a paragraph.

I'm currently doing it like El Ni$\mathrm{\tilde{n}}$o, which is frankly ridiculous.

Can anybody explain how to do this more succinctly and readably?

Thanks.

Answer 1

The classic markup for the text accent would be \~ not the math mode \tilde but for many years you haven't needed to use that, the above output is produced by

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
El Niño
\end{document}

Answer 2

Using Spanish-specific commands:

\documentclass{article}
% Set the font (output) encodings
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
% Spanish-specific commands
\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
\begin{document}
Este es un breve resumen del contenido del 
documento escrito en español. El Niño es?
\end{document}