es miércoles
/es mjeɾkoles/from spelling rules
The phrase "it is Wednesday" in Spanish is es miércoles.
This phrase is a statement used to identify the current day of the week as Wednesday.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Spain, you may also hear the expression Hoy estamos a miércoles to mean "Today is Wednesday."
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase uses the verb es (the third-person singular of ser) because days of the week are treated as identities in Spanish.
How do you pronounce it?
/es mjeɾkoles/
What mistakes should you avoid?
English speakers often mistakenly say es el miércoles when they want to say "it is Wednesday" to mean the current day. Using es el miércoles instead implies you are referring to a specific Wednesday that was previously mentioned.
Did you know?
- Because miércoles sounds similar to mierda, it is often used as a polite substitute to express frustration or anger without using a swear word.
- The word miércoles evolved from the Latin diēs Mercurī through a process called dissimilation, where the 'l' sound in Mercury shifted to an 'r'.
- Unlike English, where 'Wednesday' is always capitalized, miércoles is written with a lowercase letter unless it starts a sentence.
Examples in context
- Hoy es miércoles.Today is Wednesday.
- Mira el calendario, es miércoles.Look at the calendar, it is Wednesday.
- No te preocupes, hoy es miércoles.Don't worry, today is Wednesday.
Example conversation
Elena and Mateo are checking their calendars.
- ElenaMateo, ¿qué día es hoy?Mateo, what day is today?
- MateoEs miércoles, Elena.It is Wednesday, Elena.
- ElenaTengo clase hoy entonces.I have class today then.
- MateoSí, no lo olvides.Yes, don't forget it.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries es, miércoles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
