Lunes to domingo, plus today, tomorrow and the parts of the day, with pronunciation. Practice right here.
The days of the week in Spanish
Spanish weeks start on lunes, Monday. The days are written in lowercase and are all masculine: el lunes, el domingo. The months follow the same rules.
El lunes means on Monday; los lunes means on Mondays. Only sábado and domingo add -s in the plural.
Today, tomorrow and yesterday in Spanish
Mañana on its own means tomorrow. With la it means the morning: mañana por la mañana is tomorrow morning.
Morning, afternoon and night in Spanish
Use por for parts of the day: por la mañana, por la tarde, por la noche.
Greetings follow the same split: buenos días until lunch, buenas tardes until dark, buenas noches after.
Week, weekend and holiday in Spanish
El día is masculine even though it ends in -a. El fin de semana is the weekend.
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Quick answer: Monday is lunes, Tuesday is martes, Wednesday is miércoles, Thursday is jueves, Friday is viernes, Saturday is sábado, and Sunday is domingo.
| English | Spanish | Say it | Changes to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | lunes | LOO-nehs | los lunes. From luna, the moon. |
| Tuesday | martes | MAR-tehs | los martes. From Marte, Mars. |
| Wednesday | miércoles | MYEHR-koh-lehs | los miércoles. From Mercurio, Mercury. |
| Thursday | jueves | HWEH-behs | los jueves. From Júpiter, Jupiter. |
| Friday | viernes | BYEHR-nehs | los viernes. From Venus. |
| Saturday | sábado | SAH-bah-doh | los sábados. From sabbath, the day of rest. |
| Sunday | domingo | doh-MEEN-goh | los domingos. From Dominus, the Lord. |
| English | Spanish | Say it | Changes to |
|---|---|---|---|
| today | hoy | OY | |
| tomorrow | mañana | mah-NYAH-nah | La mañana is the morning. |
| yesterday | ayer | ah-YEHR | |
| the day after tomorrow | pasado mañana | pah-SAH-doh mah-NYAH-nah | |
| the day before yesterday | anteayer | ahn-teh-ah-YEHR | Antier in much of Latin America. |
| English | Spanish | Say it | Changes to |
|---|---|---|---|
| morning | la mañana | lah mah-NYAH-nah | Por la mañana, in the morning. |
| noon | el mediodía | el meh-dyoh-DEE-ah | |
| afternoon | la tarde | lah TAR-deh | Also early evening, until it gets dark. |
| night | la noche | lah NOH-cheh | Also evening, once it's dark. |
| midnight | la medianoche | lah meh-dyah-NOH-cheh | |
| early morning (before dawn) | la madrugada | lah mah-droo-GAH-dah | The small hours, from midnight to dawn. |
| English | Spanish | Say it | Changes to |
|---|---|---|---|
| week | la semana | lah seh-MAH-nah | |
| weekend | el fin de semana | el feen deh seh-MAH-nah | |
| day | el día | el DEE-ah | Masculine, though it ends in -a. |
| weekday (working day) | el día laborable | el DEE-ah lah-boh-RAH-bleh | |
| public holiday | el día festivo | el DEE-ah fehs-TEE-boh | Feriado in much of Latin America. |
lunes (Monday), martes (Tuesday), miércoles (Wednesday), jueves (Thursday), viernes (Friday), sábado (Saturday) and domingo (Sunday).
No. They're written in lowercase unless they start a sentence: Nos vemos el lunes.
El lunes. For something that happens every Monday, say los lunes. Spanish doesn't use a word for on.
Yes. Calendars in Spain and most of Latin America start the week on lunes.
From the Moon and the planets: lunes from luna, martes from Mars, miércoles from Mercury, jueves from Jupiter and viernes from Venus. Sábado comes from the sabbath and domingo from Dominus, the Lord.
El fin de semana. On the weekend is el fin de semana too.
Hoy, mañana and ayer. The day after tomorrow is pasado mañana and the day before yesterday is anteayer.
With one capital letter on calendars: L, M, X, J, V, S, D. Wednesday is X so it isn't confused with martes. Three-letter forms are lun, mar, mié, jue, vie, sáb and dom.
¿Qué día es hoy? Answer with es and the day: hoy es lunes.
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