7 Days Of The Week In Spanish: From Lunes To Domingo With Real-Life Examples
In the process of language learning, there’s always basic vocabulary that you need to learn first because it is widely used in everyday life. That is the case of greetings, for example, or of the days of the week. So, if you’re eager to learn Spanish from its very basics, keep reading!
Los días de la semana – The days of the week in Spanish
| Spanish | English | Example |
| Monday | ||
| Tuesday | ||
| Wednesday | ||
| Thursday | ||
| Friday | ||
| Saturday | ||
| Sunday |
Today we‘re going to learn how to pronounce, write, and use the days of the week in Spanish. Check out this video for the first time to learn these 7 days:
1. Learn the days of the week in Spanish
Talking about the days is very useful when we need to schedule a meeting, have an important event, or organize an appointment of any kind.
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In Spanish, the week starts on Monday and finishes on Sunday.
In sentences, it is possible to place the days of the week in Spanish either at the beginning or at the end of a sentence, depending on our intended emphasis.
So, we can say:
- “Los lunes voy al gimnasio”, emphasizing the fact that we go on Mondays.
OR
- “Voy al gimnasio los lunes”, where no special emphasis is intended.
2. Useful vocabulary to use the week in sentences
La semana is the week in Spanish, and el día is the day.
Look!
How to talk about the week in Spanish
| Spanish | English | Example |
| Días de la semana | Days of the week | Los días de la semana son site. – (The days of the week are seven.) |
| El día | The day | El día lunes tengo una cita médica. – (On Monday I have a medical appointment.) |
| La semana | The week | La semana tiene siete días. – (The week has seven days. ) |
| El fin de semana | The weekend | No trabajo los fines de semana. – (I don’t work on weekends.) |
| Entre semana | During the week | No quiero salir de noche entre semana. –(I don’t want to go out at night during the week.) |
| La semana laboral | The work week | La semana laboral va de lunes a viernes. – (The work week runs from Monday to Friday.) |
3. Spanish days of the week: grammar rules for gender, plurals, and articles
The rules of usage for the days of the week in Spanish are different from those in English. If you take a look at the previous chart and the examples, you may notice that in Spanish:
When to use capital letters for the days of the week in Spanish
The days of the week in Spanish do NOT begin with a capital letter, unless they are the first word in a sentence, or they are part of a proper name.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| ¿Qué día es hoy? | What day is today? |
| Hoy es miércoles. | Today is Wednesday. |
| ¿Puedes venir el miércoles o jueves? | Can you come on Wednesday or Thursday? |
| Lunes o martes es mejor para mí. | Monday or Tuesday work better for me. |
| Mañana es Miércoles de Ceniza. | Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. |
Gender and number of the 7 days of the week in Spanish
Just like every Spanish noun, the days of the week in Spanish have both gender and number. All the days of the week are masculine in gender, so they require masculine articles and modifiers.
- Los lunes son aburridos. (masculine and plural) – (Mondays are boring.)
- El sábado pasado fui al cine. (masculine and singular) – (Last Saturday, I went to the cinema.)
When singular and plural are the same
The plural form of some days in Spanish is the same as the singular one.
This depends on the final letter of the word. So, if the day of the week ends in -s it remains the same, and all we have to do is change the singular article by the plural one; while when it ends in a vowel, it adds -s to form the plural.
| Singular | Plural |
|---|---|
| El lunes | Los lunes |
| El martes | Los martes |
| El miércoles | Los miércoles |
| El jueves | Los jueves |
| El viernes | Los viernes |
BUT!
| Singular | Plural |
|---|---|
| El sábado | Los sábados |
| El domingo | Los domingos |
The definite article “el” and “los” is used when…
Wherever you say “on” in English, the definite article “el” or “los” is used in Spanish, depending on whether you’re referring to a single day, or more than one day.
- Los martes corro en el parque. – (I run in the park on Mondays.)
- El martes tengo una carrera en el parque. – (I have a race in the park on Monday.)
A simple way to express that you do something regularly, on a certain day is:
Todos + los + day of the week in the plural form
- Todos los martes corro en el parque. – (I run in the park every Tuesday.)
- Todos los sábados voy al mercado. – (I go to the market every Saturday.)
4. Tricks to help you learn the Spanish days of the week
Remembering the Spanish days of the week can be easy if you take into account this trick! All the days of the working week derive from a celestial body, and the days in the weekend have a religious origin. Look!
- The word for Monday in Spanish is lunes, from Luna (moon)
- The word for Tuesday in Spanish is martes, from Marte (Mars)
- The word for Wednesday in Spanish is miércoles, from Mercurio (Mercury)
- The word for Thursday in Spanish is jueves, from Júpiter (Jupiter)
- The word for Friday in Spanish is viernes, from Venus (Venus)
- The word for Saturday in Spanish is sábado, from Sabbat (Sabbath: Jewish day of rest and prayer)
- The word Sunday in Spanish is domingo, from Dies Dominicus (Latin for Day of the Lord)
5. Pronunciation: using the days of the week in everyday situations
Now that you’ve learned the days of the week and how to use them, check out this video from Spring Spanish, a popular YouTube channel with Spanish lessons. Spring Spanish is part of a language education company called Spring Languages, where we teach languages through Conversation Based Chunking on YouTube and in our Academy.
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7. Master the days of the week in Spanish: a key to language learning progression
Learning basic vocabulary is crucial when starting to learn a new language, as it enables us to communicate effectively in everyday situations.
By mastering the 7 days of the week, you’ll be able to hold basic conversations with native speakers, and this can help you progress quickly in your language learning journey. So, let’s get started and practice the pronunciation, writing, and usage of the days.
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