días de la semana
/dias de la semana/from spelling rules
The phrase for "days of the week" in Spanish is días de la semana.
This phrase is used to refer to the seven days that make up a full week.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Spain and some Latin American countries, Friday can also be expressed as viernes santo on Good Friday.
How does it change in a sentence?
When referring to the days of the week in a general sense, the definite article los is used. To say "on Monday" or "this Monday", you use the singular definite article el followed by the day of the week. To express that something happens every Monday, use the plural form los lunes.
What mistakes should you avoid?
English speakers often mistakenly capitalize the days of the week in Spanish, but they should be lowercase unless they start a sentence.
Did you know?
- Unlike English which uses names from Norse or Germanic mythology, Spanish days of the week are primarily based on celestial bodies. For example, lunes comes from 'the Moon' and martes comes from 'Mars'.
- While sábado and domingo are the weekend, some Latin American businesses consider sábado a working day in their standard weekly schedule.
- The word semana shares an unexpected root with the English word 'septenary', which refers to things composed of seven parts. Both come from the Latin 'septimānus', meaning 'relating to the seventh'.
Examples in context
- En la próxima clase estudiaremos los días de la semana, los meses y las estaciones del año.In our next class, we will study the days of the week, the months, and the seasons.This sentence shows the phrase used in the context of a classroom study plan.Tatoeba #3707648 by hayastan, translation #3786132 by AlanF_US
- Lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes, sábado y domingo son los siete días de la semana.Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday are the seven days of the week.This sentence lists the individual days to define the seven days of the week.Tatoeba #1704725 by marcelostockle, translation #1701518 by CM
- Los días de la semana son lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes, sábado y domingo.The days of the week are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.This sentence provides the list of names that constitute the days of the week.Tatoeba #11653724 by carlosalberto, translation #6005874 by AlanF_US
- Hoy es lunes.Today is Monday.
- La reunión será el miércoles.The meeting will be on Wednesday.
- Los comercios cierran los domingos.Shops close on Sundays.
- Vamos a la playa el domingo.We are going to the beach on Sunday.
- El viernes salimos a celebrar.On Friday, we go out to celebrate.
- ¿Qué día es hoy?What day is today?
- El martes tengo una cita.On Tuesday, I have an appointment.
- Los domingos voy al parque.On Sundays, I go to the park.
- Mañana es jueves.Tomorrow is Thursday.
- 3 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Daniel and Sofía are studying for a Spanish test.
- DanielSofía, ¿sabes escribir bien los días de la semana?Sofía, do you know how to write the days of the week well?
- SofíaSí, Daniel, pero siempre olvido el miércoles.Yes, Daniel, but I always forget Wednesday.
- DanielYo también, es el más difícil de los días de la semana.Me too, it is the hardest of the days of the week.
- SofíaPractiquemos juntos para no fallar.Let's practice together so we don't fail.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries de, la, semana, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
