qué fecha es hoy
/ke fet͡ʃa es oi/from spelling rules
To ask or say what today's date is in Spanish, use qué fecha es hoy.
qué fecha es hoy asks the calendar date. As a direct question it is written with question marks at both ends.
What does it mean word for word?
qué means what, fecha means date, es means is and hoy means today.
How do you pronounce it?
qué fecha es hoy is pronounced /ke fet͡ʃa es oi/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
fecha is only a calendar date, not a romantic date.
Did you know?
- In many Spanish-speaking countries, if you are asking for the date in a formal setting, you might hear the more elaborate ¿a cuántos estamos? which literally translates to 'to how many are we?'
- The word fecha comes from the Latin 'facta', which is related to the concept of things being 'done' or 'made', essentially referring to a 'fixed' point in time.
- In Spanish, the number one is used as an ordinal for the first day of the month, so you say el uno de mayo instead of el primero de mayo in many regions.
Examples in context
- No recuerdo qué fecha es hoy.I don't remember what today's date is.
- Dime, por favor, qué fecha es hoy.Tell me, please, what today's date is.
Example conversation
María and Mateo are talking in a classroom.
- MaríaMateo, ¿sabes qué fecha es hoy?Mateo, do you know what today's date is?
- MateoSí, hoy es el doce de mayo.Yes, today is May twelfth.
- María¡Qué rápido pasa el tiempo!How fast time passes!
- MateoEs verdad, María.It's true, María.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries es, fecha, hoy, qué, CC BY-SA 4.0.
