días del mes
/dias del mes/from spelling rules
The Spanish phrase for "days of the month" is días del mes.
This phrase refers to the specific dates that make up a calendar month. When expressing a specific date, use the formal expression Primero to indicate the first day of the month. From the thirteenth until the thirty-first, you can use cardinal numbers followed by de and the name of the month. When mentioning the year alongside the date, the year typically follows the month. Note that you should use the masculine singular form of the cardinal numbers when referring to these days.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase días del mes is composed of días (days), del (a contraction of de meaning "of" and el meaning "the") and mes (month).
How does it change in a sentence?
When you are referring to the specific set of days in a month as a subject or an object, you often add the definite article los before días, resulting in los días del mes.
Did you know?
- The word mes shares its ancient roots with the English word 'moon', as both stem from the same Proto-Indo-European root describing a lunar cycle.
- While Primero is used for the first of the month, some regions in Spain and Latin America use Uno instead. This variation can cause slight confusion between formal and colloquial speech.
- Unlike English, which uses ordinal numbers like 'twenty-first' for dates, Spanish uses cardinal numbers for every day after the first. This means speakers simply say 'twenty-one' of the month.
Examples in context
- Hoy es el primero de diciembre.Today is the first of December.
- La reunión es el dos de abril.The meeting is on the second of April.
- El evento será el tres de julio.The event will be on the third of July.
- Voy a visitar a mi familia el cuatro de mayo.I'm going to visit my family on the fourth of May.
- Mañana es el cinco de junio.Tomorrow is the fifth of June.
- La fiesta será el seis de septiembre.The party will be on the sixth of September.
- Vamos a celebrar su cumpleaños el siete de agosto.We are going to celebrate his birthday on the seventh of August.
- Tenemos una cita el ocho de enero.We have an appointment on the eighth of January.
- La entrega del premio será el nueve de marzo.The award ceremony will be on the ninth of March.
- El examen está programado para el diez de octubre.The exam is scheduled for the tenth of October.
- Nuestra fiesta anual es el once de noviembre.Our annual party is on the eleventh of November.
- Tengo una reunión importante el doce de febrero.I have an important meeting on the twelfth of February.
- Hoy es el diecinueve de agosto.Today is the nineteenth of August.
- Voy a llegar el uno de julio.I'm going to arrive on the first of July.
- El veinticinco de diciembre de 2022.The twenty-fifth of December, 2022.
- El dieciocho de mayo es mi cumpleaños.The eighteenth of May is my birthday.
- Estoy libre el veintiséis de abril.I'm available on the twenty-sixth of April.
- La conferencia comienza el siete de marzo.The conference starts on the seventh of March.
- Debes anotar los días del mes en el calendario.You must note the days of the month in the calendar.
- No recuerdo los días del mes.I don't remember the days of the month.
- Escribe todos los días del mes en el calendario.Write all the days of the month in the calendar.
- Los días del mes varían en número.The days of the month vary in number.
Example conversation
María and Mateo are looking at a calendar together.
- MaríaMateo, marca los días del mes disponibles.Mateo, mark the available days of the month.
- MateoEstá bien, María, lo haré ahora.Okay, María, I will do it now.
- María¿Cuántos días del mes quedan libres?How many days of the month are left free?
- MateoSolo quedan tres días libres.Only three free days are left.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries del, mes, CC BY-SA 4.0.
