Days of Week Spanish

For Spanish language learners, learning days of week is a bit of basic task because without knowing the days of week a learner cannot describe when something happened. Therefore learning days of week in Spanish is crucial.

Spanish Days of Week

English

Spanish

Pronunciation of Spanish Word

Monday

lunes

loo-nes

Tuesday

martes

mar-tes

Wednesday

miércoles

mee-air-ko-les

Thursday

jueves

hway-es

Friday

viernes

vyair-nes

Saturday

sábado

sah-bah-do

Sunday

domingo

do-meen-go


How to Say Days of Week in Spanish
How to Say Days of Week in Spanish

How to Say Days of Week in Spanish?

Spanish Days Cultural Names

Spanish day of week has a rich cultural history and belong to Roman and Hebrew traditions.

  • lunes – Monday in English and very first day of week in Spanish, also known as “moon day“.
  • martes – (Tuesday) The Second one and known as “day of Mars“.
  • miercoles – (Wednesday) Third one, which called as day of “Mercury“, the messenger of gods.
  • jueves – (Thursday) Fourth one called as “Jupiter“, the king of Roman gods.
  • viernes – Fifth one, the day of “Venus”, the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
  • sabado – Sixth day of the week in Spanish and derived from Hebrew word shabbat, which means rest.
  • domingo – Seventh and the last day of week in Spanish and known as the “Lords day”.

Rules to Remember

Here are some grammatical rules to follow while days of weeks ins Spanish:-

  • Capitalization – Never capitalize days of week in Spanish until these are being used in beginning of sentence.
  • Masculine Gender – All days are masculine noun therefore, preceded by masculine article “el” for specific day and “los” for recurring days.
  • Plural – To make (lunes, martes, miercoles, jueves) only add article ‘los’ in beginning and for sabado and domingo only add s at end.
  • Abbreviations: Following letters (L, M, X, J, V, S, D) are used to represent days of week in spanish from monday to sunday. Letter “X” is used for miercoles to avoid confusion with martes.

Download Spanish Days of the Week worksheet in pdf

You can download it from the link given below:-

Download Spanish Days of Week Worksheet

Download Spanish Days of Week Flash Card

FAQs

Unlike English these can not be capitalized only when used in the beginning of the sentence.

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