estos son los meses del año
/estos son los meses del aɲo/from spelling rules
estos son los meses del año is the Spanish way to say "these are the months of the year".
This phrase is used to introduce or identify the twelve months of the calendar year.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of estos (these), son (are), los meses (the months) and del año (of the year).
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Latin American Spanish, one might say Estos son los meses del año, muchachos.
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase uses the masculine plural demonstrative estos and the third-person plural form of ser to match the masculine plural noun meses. Additionally, del is a mandatory contraction of the preposition de (of) and the masculine article el (the).
How do you pronounce it?
/estos son los meses del aɲo/
Did you know?
- While año means 'year', replacing the ñ with an n creates the word ano, which means 'anus'. Using the wrong letter in this context can lead to an embarrassing mistake.
- In many Spanish-speaking cultures, the first month of the year, enero, is associated with the tradition of Los Reyes Magos or the Three Wise Men, whose celebration on January 6th is often more important than Christmas.
- In Spanish, you do not capitalize the names of the months like enero or febrero, unlike in English. They are treated as common nouns rather than proper nouns.
Examples in context
- En el calendario, estos son los meses del año.In the calendar, these are the months of the year.
Example conversation
A teacher is helping a student with a calendar worksheet.
- SofíaMira la lista, estos son los meses del año.Look at the list, these are the months of the year.
- DanielGracias, Sofía, ahora los entiendo.Thanks, Sofía, now I understand them.
- Sofía¿Puedes escribirlos todos, Daniel?Can you write them all, Daniel?
- DanielSí, lo haré ahora mismo.Yes, I will do it right now.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
