Days of the Week in Spanish

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday… Don’t know how to say all these days in Spanish?

That’s what you’ll learn in this lesson by Latin ELE! 

Learn the days of the week in Spanish in context and hear how each of them is pronounced “en español”.

A good material to study in your Spanish learning journey. ¡Vamos!

Days of the Week in Spanish

For starters, “week” in Spanish is “la semana” and it’s a feminine noun. And “day” is “el día”, a masculine noun.

An important consideration is that days in Spanish are not capitalized; we just use lowercase in written texts, except if the day comes right after a period.

Additionally, the week in many Latino calendars starts on Monday and not Sunday as in the USA:

Let’s take a look at the names of the days:

• El lunes: Monday
• El martes: Tuesday
• El miércoles: Wednesday
• El jueves: Thursday
• El viernes: Friday
• El sábado: Saturday
• El domingo: Sunday

Pronouncing The Days En Español

Not sure how each day is pronounced? In the following episode of our podcast Speaking Spanish for Beginners, you can hear each of them.

Listen to it and say the days after the host to practice your pronunciation (minute 4:11).

BONUS: You have a practice dialogue in the episode and a more detailed explanation to learn to use the days correctly.

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Using the Days in Your Sentences

Spanish days of the week have the same form in singular and plural, except for Saturday and Sunday.

Days “sábado” and “domingo” have an -s at the end in their plural form. 

• El lunes — Los lunes
• El sábado — Los sábados 

Days of the week are all masculine. 

Using the 7 days of the week in singular or plural can affect their meaning. Look at the following example:

• El martes voy al cine con mi novia (upcoming Tuesday, singular)
• Los martes voy al cine con mi novia (every Tuesday, plural)

You may have noticed too that we use the definite article, unlike English where days are used with a preposition. Compare:

• El viernes vamos al bar, ¿quieres venir? = On Friday we’re going to the bar, do you want to come?

Abbreviations for the Days in Spanish

The Spanish days of the week can be abbreviated in three ways:

• lun., mar., miérc., juev., vier., sáb., dom.
• L, M, X, J, V, S, D
• LU, MA, MI, JU, VI, SA, DO

Yep, for some reason the last two abbreviations are capitalized in Spanish. It is what it is.

Final Thoughts

Now you’re able to say the days “en español”! Go out there and talk about what you plan on the next days with Spanish speakers.

We hope this article and podcast help you learn how to use the days correctly to speak confidently with native speakers.

Mastering the days takes some practice!  Say the 7 days of the week in Spanish as you listen to our episode.

Knowing the days comes is handy to make plans in Spanish and arrange meetings with friends.

And if you want to learn more Spanish words and phrases to enrich your español and visit Spanish-speaking countries, our podcast Speaking Spanish for Beginners has over 15 hours of content and more than 60 episodes to help you get started on the right foot.

Have fun with our Spanish lessons! 

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