todos los días de la semana
/todos los dias de la semana/from spelling rules
The English phrase "every day of the week" is translated into Spanish as todos los días de la semana.
The days of the week in Spanish are lunes (Monday), martes (Tuesday), miércoles (Wednesday), jueves (Thursday), viernes (Friday), sábado (Saturday) and domingo (Sunday).
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of todos (all), los días (the days) and de la semana (of the week).
How does it change in a sentence?
While todos los días de la semana is the most common way to say "every day of the week", you can also use cada día de la semana to emphasize each individual day.
Did you know?
- Unlike in English, the days of the week in Spanish are not capitalized unless they start a sentence.
- To say 'on Mondays' or 'every Monday', you simply use the singular el lunes. You do not need to make the day plural.
- Most days of the week in Spanish are named after celestial bodies. For example, lunes refers to the Moon and martes refers to Mars.
Examples in context
- El teatro solía estar abierto todos los días de la semana.The theater used to open every day of the week.This sentence is useful for describing the former opening schedule of a theater using todos los días de la semana.Tatoeba #1511674 by marcelostockle, translation #1511695 by marcelostockle
- Una de las desventajas de vivir en el centro es el ruido que se escucha todo el día, todos los días de la semana.One of the downsides of living downtown is the noise you hear all day long every day of the week.This sentence is useful for describing how noise is heard all day long using todos los días de la semana.Tatoeba #4364200 by umano, translation #5229058 by jaxhere
- Los pagos se realizan todos los miércoles.Payments are made every Wednesday.
- Ella tiene clases todos los días de la semana.She has classes every day of the week.
Example conversation
Daniel and María are discussing their busy work schedules.
- Daniel¿Trabajas los fines de semana?Do you work on the weekends?
- MaríaNo, trabajo todos los días de la semana excepto el domingo.No, I work every day of the week except Sunday.
- DanielEso suena muy agotador para ti.That sounds very exhausting for you.
- MaríaSí, pero me gusta mucho mi empleo.Yes, but I like my job a lot.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
