meses
/meses/from spelling rules
The English phrase "months" is translated into Spanish as meses.
How does it change in a sentence?
The singular form of meses is mes. You create the plural form by adding -es to the singular noun mes. Because meses is a masculine noun, the definite article used with it is los (los meses).
How do you pronounce it?
/meses/
Did you know?
- The word mes shares a common ancestor with the English word 'moon', as both originally referred to the lunar cycle that defines a month.
- In Spanish, the names of the meses are not capitalized unless they appear at the start of a sentence.
- While meses is the standard word for months, Spanish uses the word mensual to describe something that happens monthly, which shares a root with the English word 'menstrual'.
Examples in context
- Eso fue hace meses.That was months ago.Tatoeba #10458820 by Seael, translation #3594120 by CK
- Estoy de cuatro meses.I'm four months pregnant.Tatoeba #1662487 by termito2nd, translation #281964 by CK
- Un año tiene 12 meses.A year has 12 months.Tatoeba #4714496 by empusa, translation #4713377 by dhirensahu
- En agosto, le enviaré el informe completo.In August, I will send you the complete report.
- 261 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Alejandro and María are discussing a project at work.
- AlejandroFaltan pocos meses para terminar.There are only a few months left to finish.
- MaríaSí, el proyecto es largo.Yes, the project is long.
- Alejandro¿Cuántos meses quedan exactamente?How many months are left exactly?
- MaríaQuedan tres meses de trabajo.There are three months of work left.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
