treinta días
/tɾeinta dias/from spelling rules
The English phrase "thirty days" is translated into Spanish as treinta días.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of the number treinta (thirty) and the noun días (days).
How does it change in a sentence?
Because días is a masculine plural noun, the number treinta remains in its standard form and does not change for gender.
Did you know?
- The word día is one of the few nouns ending in -a that is masculine, meaning you say el día instead of la día.
- Spanish speakers often use the phrase cada quince días to mean 'every two weeks', which is mathematically half of treinta días.
- In many Spanish-speaking cultures, if a legal or commercial deadline is stated as treinta días, it often refers to 'natural days' (including weekends) rather than 'business days', unless specified otherwise.
Examples in context
- Él cruzó el Océano Pacífico en treinta días.He crossed the Pacific Ocean in thirty days.This sentence shows how to describe the time taken to cross the Pacific Ocean using treinta días.Tatoeba #1306753 by marcelostockle, translation #288522 by CM
- Febrero no tiene treinta días.February does not have thirty days.This sentence uses treinta días to note that February does not have this many days.Tatoeba #11164769 by carlosalberto, translation #11164761 by carlosalberto
- Algunos meses tienen treinta días; otros, treinta y uno.Some months have thirty days, others thirty one.This sentence compares months that have treinta días to those that have thirty-one.Tatoeba #2246260 by topofabi, translation #706803 by darinmex
- El periodo de prueba será de treinta días hábiles.The trial period will be for thirty business days.
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Example conversation
Sofía and Javier are discussing the terms of a new rental agreement.
- SofíaEl contrato dura exactamente treinta días.The contract lasts exactly thirty days.
- Javier¿Realmente solo tenemos treinta días para mudarnos?Do we really only have thirty days to move?
- SofíaSí, Javier, es el tiempo que nos dieron.Yes, Javier, it is the time they gave us.
- JavierEntiendo, tendré que empacar todo muy rápido.I understand, I will have to pack everything very quickly.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
