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Days of the week in Spanish

Lunes, martes, miércoles — the seven days with IPA, translations and examples you can listen to, plus hoy, mañana and fin de semana. Then three exercises to make them stick.

  • 7 days + useful words
  • Audio and IPA
  • El lunes or los lunes
  • 3 exercises
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How to talk about days in Spanish

Spanish days are written in lower case and usually take the article el with no preposition: el lunes — “on Monday”, el viernes — “on Friday”. They’re all masculine.

For “on Mondays” use los: los lunes. Lunes to viernes don’t change in the plural; sábado and domingo add -s: los sábados, los domingos. The Spanish week starts on Monday.

Days of the week in Spanish

Monday to Sunday — and the words you use with them. Tap a word or an example to hear it.

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  1. Monday
  2. Tuesday
  3. Wednesday
  4. Thursday
  5. Friday
  6. Saturday
  7. Sunday
  8. week
  9. weekend
  10. today
  11. tomorrow
  12. yesterday
  13. day

Practice: test yourself

10 words from the list per round. After every answer you hear the word and the right option lights up.

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How to learn the days quickly

  • The names come from planets and gods: lunes — the Moon (luna), martes — Mars, miércoles — Mercury, jueves — Jupiter, viernes — Venus.
  • No preposition: “el lunes”, not “en lunes” — the most common learner mistake.
  • Describe your week: “El lunes trabajo, el martes tengo clase de español…” — days stick in sentences.
  • Timetable abbreviations: L, M, X (miércoles), J, V, S, D — X so the two Ms don’t clash.

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What are the days of the week in Spanish?

Lunes (Monday), martes (Tuesday), miércoles (Wednesday), jueves (Thursday), viernes (Friday), sábado (Saturday), domingo (Sunday). All lower case and masculine.

How do you say “on Monday” in Spanish?

El lunes — with the article and no preposition: “Te llamo el lunes” — “I’ll call you on Monday”. For a habit, “on Mondays”, say los lunes: “Los lunes voy al gimnasio”.

Why aren’t Spanish days capitalised?

In Spanish only proper names take a capital, and days and months aren’t proper names. So lunes and sábado are lower case unless they start a sentence.

How do you ask what day it is?

¿Qué día es hoy? — “What day is it today?” Answer: “Hoy es miércoles”. For the date: ¿Qué fecha es hoy? or ¿A qué estamos hoy?

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