Days, Months and Dates in Spanish

Spanish days and months are written in lowercase, unless they start a sentence.

Days of the week

Day	Spanish
Monday	lunes
Tuesday	martes
Wednesday	miércoles
Thursday	jueves
Friday	viernes
Saturday	sábado
Sunday	domingo

In most Spanish-speaking countries, calendars begin the week on lunes.

On a day

Use el for a single day, and los for a repeated one:

• el lunes, on Monday
• los lunes, on Mondays
• el sábado por la noche, on Saturday night

Months

Month	Spanish
January	enero
February	febrero
March	marzo
April	abril
May	mayo
June	junio
July	julio
August	agosto
September	septiembre
October	octubre
November	noviembre
December	diciembre

Dates

Spanish uses day, month, year, joined by de:

• el 5 de mayo de 2025, 5 May 2025
• el 1 de enero, 1 January

Written in numbers: 05/05/2025, day first.

First of the month

For the first of the month, both el primero de mayo and el uno de mayo are used.

Useful words

• hoy, today
• mañana, tomorrow (also "morning")
• ayer, yesterday
• semana, week
• mes, month
• año, year

Asking the date

• ¿Qué día es hoy? What day is it today?
• ¿A cuánto estamos? What's the date? (colloquial)
• ¿Cuál es la fecha? What is the date?

Tips

1. Write days and months in lowercase.
2. Use day-month-year order.
3. Use the dictionary to check spellings.

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