{"id":30267,"date":"2024-02-08T16:12:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T15:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ihmadrid.com\/?p=30267"},"modified":"2024-02-08T16:22:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T15:22:03","slug":"a-helpful-guide-for-days-of-the-week-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ihmadrid.com\/en\/blog\/a-helpful-guide-for-days-of-the-week-in-spanish.html","title":{"rendered":"A helpful guide on how to say the days of the week in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you start off learning Spanish, one of the first vocabulary sets you\u2019ll come across will be the days of the week in Spanish. It makes complete sense to learn this early on during your in-person or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihmadrid.com\/en\/spanish\/online\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">online Spanish courses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as the days of the week are very important and commonly used in all kinds of speech, plus there are only seven words to learn here!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike some other Spanish vocabulary sets, however, how to say the days of the week in Spanish is quite different to English. That said, there are still some really smart tips to help you remember which day is which, and that\u2019s what we\u2019ll go through right here, in this handy <\/span><b>guide to remembering the days of the week in Spanish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What are the days of the week in Spanish?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without further ado, let\u2019s outline the days of the week in Spanish in order, starting off with Monday. So, the English-to-Spanish translations for the days of the week are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday = lunes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday = martes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday = mi\u00e9rcoles<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday = jueves<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday = viernes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday = s\u00e1bado<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday = domingo<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the pronunciation, keep in mind that Spanish is a phonetic language and that almost every word is pronounced as it\u2019s written. In other words, you say what you see. That is generally true here for how to say the days of the week in Spanish, with the one slight exception being with \u201cjueves\u201d, which should be pronounced like \u201chweh-behs\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Tricks to remember the days of the week in Spanish in order<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re studying in person, such as through IH Madrid\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihmadrid.com\/en\/spanish\/courses\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spanish courses in Madrid<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you\u2019ll learn these words before long by practising with fellow students in a fun environment. It\u2019s also easy to learn the days of the week in Spanish at home, thanks to a couple of helpful tricks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>One trick is to remember that all the Spanish words that end in \u201c-es\u201d are weekdays, while the ones ending in \u201c-o\u201d are on the weekend<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That\u2019s a good way to start, while there is no shortage of songs for Spanish children that will get the days of the week in Spanish in order stuck in your head. Another trick that many students use is to change the settings on a device they use every day, so that the Spanish word for that day will appear first thing in the morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Tips for how to use the days of the week in Spanish<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that you know how to say the days of the week in Spanish, the next step is to fully grasp how to use these words. Not only are the words different in the Spanish language, but they are also used slightly differently in written form.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, you might want to know <\/span><b>are days of the week capitalised in Spanish and the answer is no, they aren\u2019t<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This is the main difference between using the days of the week in Spanish and in English, as they aren\u2019t capitalised in Spanish, unless used at the beginning of a sentence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re taking Spanish lessons, you\u2019ll also know that nouns are either masculine or feminine, so you might be wondering which category the days of the week in Spanish fall into. The answer here is that <\/span><b>all seven of the Spanish days of the week are masculine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so you would write either \u201cun lunes\u201d or \u201cel lunes\u201d, depending on whether you\u2019re talking about a Monday or the Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, you might wish to know about the proper <\/span><b>abbreviations for the days of the week in Spanish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Here, we\u2019ll outline the shortened versions and the one letter versions too, with the most unusual one being that \u201cmi\u00e9rcoles\u201d is \u201cX\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lunes = lun. or L<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">martes = mart. or M<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mi\u00e9rcoles = mi\u00e9rc. or X<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">jueves = juev. or J<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">viernes = vier. or V<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s\u00e1bado = s\u00e1b. or S<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">domingo = dom. or D<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a little bit of practice, you\u2019ll master the days of the week in Spanish in no time, and be ready to move on to the next sets of vocabulary in your Spanish learning journey!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you start off learning Spanish, one of the first vocabulary sets you\u2019ll come across will be the days of the week in Spanish. 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