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domingo",". The week starts on lunes (Monday), all seven are written in lowercase mid-sentence, and Spanish does not use a preposition with them: \"on Monday\" is el lunes, not en lunes. Get those three rules right and you have most of what learners get wrong.",[58,59,61],"h2",{"id":60},"the-seven-days","The seven days",[63,64,65,81],"table",{},[66,67,68],"thead",{},[69,70,71,75,78],"tr",{},[72,73,74],"th",{},"Day",[72,76,77],{},"Pronunciation",[72,79,80],{},"Etymology",[82,83,84,96,107,118,129,140,151],"tbody",{},[69,85,86,90,93],{},[87,88,89],"td",{},"lunes",[87,91,92],{},"LOO-nes",[87,94,95],{},"Latin dies Lunae, day of Luna (the moon)",[69,97,98,101,104],{},[87,99,100],{},"martes",[87,102,103],{},"MAR-tes",[87,105,106],{},"Latin dies Martis, day of Mars",[69,108,109,112,115],{},[87,110,111],{},"miércoles",[87,113,114],{},"mee-AIR-koh-les",[87,116,117],{},"Latin dies Mercurii, day of Mercury",[69,119,120,123,126],{},[87,121,122],{},"jueves",[87,124,125],{},"HWAY-bes",[87,127,128],{},"Latin dies Iovis, day of Jupiter (Iovis)",[69,130,131,134,137],{},[87,132,133],{},"viernes",[87,135,136],{},"bee-AIR-nes",[87,138,139],{},"Latin dies Veneris, day of Venus",[69,141,142,145,148],{},[87,143,144],{},"sábado",[87,146,147],{},"SAH-ba-doh",[87,149,150],{},"Latin sabbatum, the Sabbath",[69,152,153,156,159],{},[87,154,155],{},"domingo",[87,157,158],{},"doh-MEEN-goh",[87,160,161],{},"Latin dies dominicus, day of the Lord",[49,163,164],{},"The etymological pattern is the same one English uses, but cleaner. English layered Germanic gods over the Roman names (Tuesday from Tiw, Wednesday from Woden, Thursday from Thor, Friday from Freya). Spanish kept the Latin originals across all seven days because Spanish is itself a Latin language and the substitution never happened. The accent on miércoles and sábado marks the stressed syllable; both are esdrújula words (stress on the antepenultimate syllable) and the accent is not optional.",[58,166,168],{"id":167},"the-lowercase-rule","The lowercase rule",[49,170,171,172,175],{},"Spanish does not capitalise days of the week. ",[53,173,174],{},"Lunes mid-sentence is wrong; lunes is right."," This is the single most consistent foreign-learner error in written Spanish, because the English habit of capitalising Monday is so automatic that it travels by reflex.",[49,177,178],{},"The rule generalises. Spanish capitalises far less than English:",[63,180,181,194],{},[66,182,183],{},[69,184,185,188,191],{},[72,186,187],{},"Category",[72,189,190],{},"English",[72,192,193],{},"Spanish",[82,195,196,206,217,228,238],{},[69,197,198,201,204],{},[87,199,200],{},"Days of the week",[87,202,203],{},"Monday",[87,205,89],{},[69,207,208,211,214],{},[87,209,210],{},"Months",[87,212,213],{},"January",[87,215,216],{},"enero",[69,218,219,222,225],{},[87,220,221],{},"Nationality adjectives",[87,223,224],{},"Spanish, French",[87,226,227],{},"español, francés",[69,229,230,233,235],{},[87,231,232],{},"Languages",[87,234,193],{},[87,236,237],{},"español",[69,239,240,243,246],{},[87,241,242],{},"Religions",[87,244,245],{},"Catholic",[87,247,248],{},"católico",[49,250,251],{},"Only proper nouns (names of people, countries, cities, brands), the start of a sentence, and certain titles get capitals. The end of a chapter title and the start of an email greeting follow the same restrained rule. If you are writing nos vemos el Lunes in an email, you are giving the foreign-learner tell in two words.",[58,253,255],{"id":254},"the-lunes-first-week","The lunes-first week",[49,257,258],{},"Spanish calendars start on lunes. The weekend (el fin de semana) is sábado plus domingo, grouped together at the end:",[63,260,261,286],{},[66,262,263],{},[69,264,265,268,271,274,277,280,283],{},[72,266,267],{},"L",[72,269,270],{},"M",[72,272,273],{},"X",[72,275,276],{},"J",[72,278,279],{},"V",[72,281,282],{},"S",[72,284,285],{},"D",[82,287,288],{},[69,289,290,292,294,296,298,300,304],{},[87,291,89],{},[87,293,100],{},[87,295,111],{},[87,297,122],{},[87,299,133],{},[87,301,302],{},[53,303,144],{},[87,305,306],{},[53,307,155],{},[49,309,310],{},"This matches the ISO 8601 international standard and most other continental European conventions. The Sunday-first convention used in the US and the UK is a Christian-calendar holdover from putting the Lord's day first.",[49,312,313],{},"The realisation that hit me in my first Madrid flat: the UK paper diary in my rucksack ran Sunday to Saturday, and the kitchen wall calendar ran lunes to domingo. Same dates, different layout, and the Spanish version was the one that matched how I actually thought about the week. Monday to Friday is a single working block; Saturday and Sunday are a single rest block. The Spanish calendar shows that shape.",[58,315,317],{"id":316},"el-lunes-vs-los-lunes","El lunes vs los lunes",[49,319,320,321,324],{},"The biggest grammar point in this cluster, and the one English speakers consistently get wrong, is that ",[53,322,323],{},"Spanish does not use a preposition with days of the week",". There is no en lunes. The article does the work.",[326,327,328,335],"ul",{},[329,330,331,334],"li",{},[53,332,333],{},"El lunes"," = on Monday (a specific Monday, upcoming or recent).",[329,336,337,340],{},[53,338,339],{},"Los lunes"," = on Mondays (every Monday, habitual).",[49,342,343],{},"Examples:",[63,345,346,354],{},[66,347,348],{},[69,349,350,352],{},[72,351,193],{},[72,353,190],{},[82,355,356,364,372,380,388],{},[69,357,358,361],{},[87,359,360],{},"El lunes te llamo.",[87,362,363],{},"I'll call you on Monday.",[69,365,366,369],{},[87,367,368],{},"El lunes pasado fui al médico.",[87,370,371],{},"Last Monday I went to the doctor.",[69,373,374,377],{},[87,375,376],{},"Los lunes voy al gimnasio.",[87,378,379],{},"On Mondays I go to the gym.",[69,381,382,385],{},[87,383,384],{},"Los viernes salimos a cenar.",[87,386,387],{},"On Fridays we go out for dinner.",[69,389,390,393],{},[87,391,392],{},"Nos vemos el jueves.",[87,394,395],{},"See you on Thursday.",[49,397,398,399,402],{},"The mistake learners make is translating \"on\" with en: ",[53,400,401],{},"en lunes is wrong",". So is a lunes. The Spanish \"on\" is built into the article. El for one specific day, los for the habitual pattern.",[58,404,406],{"id":405},"the-plural","The plural",[49,408,409],{},"Five of the seven days are invariant. The singular and plural forms are identical:",[63,411,412,422],{},[66,413,414],{},[69,415,416,419],{},[72,417,418],{},"Singular",[72,420,421],{},"Plural",[82,423,424,432,440,448,456,464,475],{},[69,425,426,429],{},[87,427,428],{},"el lunes",[87,430,431],{},"los lunes",[69,433,434,437],{},[87,435,436],{},"el martes",[87,438,439],{},"los martes",[69,441,442,445],{},[87,443,444],{},"el miércoles",[87,446,447],{},"los miércoles",[69,449,450,453],{},[87,451,452],{},"el jueves",[87,454,455],{},"los jueves",[69,457,458,461],{},[87,459,460],{},"el viernes",[87,462,463],{},"los viernes",[69,465,466,469],{},[87,467,468],{},"el sábado",[87,470,471,472],{},"los ",[53,473,474],{},"sábados",[69,476,477,480],{},[87,478,479],{},"el domingo",[87,481,471,482],{},[53,483,484],{},"domingos",[49,486,487],{},"Only sábado and domingo add an s in the plural. The other five end in s in the singular already and Spanish does not add another. The article (el versus los) is the only thing that changes. Los lunes is grammatically plural; lunes itself is not marked.",[58,489,491],{"id":490},"yesterday-today-tomorrow","Yesterday, today, tomorrow",[49,493,494],{},"The three time-anchor words pair with the days every learner needs from day one:",[326,496,497,503,509],{},[329,498,499,502],{},[53,500,501],{},"ayer"," - yesterday",[329,504,505,508],{},[53,506,507],{},"hoy"," - today",[329,510,511,514],{},[53,512,513],{},"mañana"," - tomorrow (also \"morning\", same word)",[49,516,517],{},"Used with ser, not estar:",[63,519,520,528],{},[66,521,522],{},[69,523,524,526],{},[72,525,193],{},[72,527,190],{},[82,529,530,538,546],{},[69,531,532,535],{},[87,533,534],{},"Hoy es martes.",[87,536,537],{},"Today is Tuesday.",[69,539,540,543],{},[87,541,542],{},"Ayer fue lunes.",[87,544,545],{},"Yesterday was Monday.",[69,547,548,551],{},[87,549,550],{},"Mañana es miércoles.",[87,552,553],{},"Tomorrow is Wednesday.",[49,555,556],{},"Note the verb shift. Hoy and mañana take present-tense es; ayer takes preterite fue. Days are an essential property of a date in Spanish grammar, which is why ser does the work and estar does not.",[58,558,560],{"id":559},"pasado-próximo-que-viene","Pasado, próximo, que viene",[49,562,563],{},"For \"last Monday\" and \"next Monday\", Spanish has three standard moves:",[63,565,566,574],{},[66,567,568],{},[69,569,570,572],{},[72,571,193],{},[72,573,190],{},[82,575,576,584,592],{},[69,577,578,581],{},[87,579,580],{},"el lunes pasado",[87,582,583],{},"last Monday",[69,585,586,589],{},[87,587,588],{},"el próximo lunes",[87,590,591],{},"next Monday (slightly more formal)",[69,593,594,597],{},[87,595,596],{},"el lunes que viene",[87,598,599],{},"next Monday (the more common spoken form)",[49,601,602],{},"Que viene (literally \"that is coming\") is the unmarked spoken default in Spain and most of Latin America. El próximo lunes is fine but reads as slightly more formal or written. El lunes pasado is the only standard way to say \"last Monday\"; el lunes anterior exists but sounds bookish.",[58,604,606],{"id":605},"abbreviations-l-m-x-j-v-s-d","Abbreviations: L M X J V S D",[49,608,609],{},"Spanish calendars and reservation systems use a standard single-letter abbreviation set:",[63,611,612,621],{},[66,613,614],{},[69,615,616,619],{},[72,617,618],{},"Letter",[72,620,74],{},[82,622,623,629,635,643,649,655,661],{},[69,624,625,627],{},[87,626,267],{},[87,628,89],{},[69,630,631,633],{},[87,632,270],{},[87,634,100],{},[69,636,637,641],{},[87,638,639],{},[53,640,273],{},[87,642,111],{},[69,644,645,647],{},[87,646,276],{},[87,648,122],{},[69,650,651,653],{},[87,652,279],{},[87,654,133],{},[69,656,657,659],{},[87,658,282],{},[87,660,144],{},[69,662,663,665],{},[87,664,285],{},[87,666,155],{},[49,668,669,672],{},[53,670,671],{},"The X for miércoles is the one that surprises every learner."," Both martes and miércoles start with M, so miércoles takes the X (from the middle of the word, or arguably from a vague resemblance to the Roman numeral, depending on which etymology you believe). Some calendars use Mi for miércoles instead, but the single-letter L M X J V S D is the standard set you will see on wall calendars, school timetables, bus and train schedules, gym class boards, and online booking systems across the Spanish-speaking world.",[58,674,676],{"id":675},"martes-y-trece","Martes y trece",[49,678,679,680,683,684,687],{},"The Spanish unlucky day is not Friday the 13th. It is ",[53,681,682],{},"Tuesday the 13th",", martes 13. The rhyme everyone knows is ",[53,685,686],{},"\"martes trece, ni te cases ni te embarques\""," - on Tuesday the 13th, neither marry nor set sail.",[49,689,690],{},"The etymological hook is that martes is named after Mars, the Roman god of war, which makes the day astrologically unlucky in the older European tradition. Combined with the standard 13 superstition, you get a date that wedding venues quietly avoid and that one of my Madrid flatmates refused to sign a piso lease on. The Greek-speaking world shares the same Tuesday-13 superstition. The Anglo Friday-13 convention is the regional outlier.",[58,692,694],{"id":693},"common-phrases","Common phrases",[49,696,697],{},"The phrases you will use every week:",[63,699,700,708],{},[66,701,702],{},[69,703,704,706],{},[72,705,193],{},[72,707,190],{},[82,709,710,718,726,734,742,750,758,765,771],{},[69,711,712,715],{},[87,713,714],{},"¿Qué día es hoy?",[87,716,717],{},"What day is it today?",[69,719,720,723],{},[87,721,722],{},"Hoy es jueves.",[87,724,725],{},"Today is Thursday.",[69,727,728,731],{},[87,729,730],{},"de lunes a viernes",[87,732,733],{},"Monday to Friday",[69,735,736,739],{},[87,737,738],{},"entre semana",[87,740,741],{},"during the week (as opposed to the weekend)",[69,743,744,747],{},[87,745,746],{},"el fin de semana",[87,748,749],{},"the weekend",[69,751,752,755],{},[87,753,754],{},"todos los lunes",[87,756,757],{},"every Monday",[69,759,760,762],{},[87,761,596],{},[87,763,764],{},"next Monday",[69,766,767,769],{},[87,768,580],{},[87,770,583],{},[69,772,773,776],{},[87,774,775],{},"el primer lunes del mes",[87,777,778],{},"the first Monday of the month",[49,780,781],{},"Entre semana is the Spanish framing English does not have a clean single word for. It means \"during the working week, not the weekend\", and it is how Spaniards describe weekday routines: trabajo entre semana, salgo el fin de semana. The opposition is weekday versus weekend rather than working-day versus rest-day, and the vocabulary tracks that.",[58,783,785],{"id":784},"cross-links","Cross-links",[326,787,788,797,804,811,818],{},[329,789,790,791,796],{},"The ",[792,793,795],"a",{"href":794},"\u002Fspanish","Spanish for adult learners pillar"," covers the wider Spanish learning approach.",[329,798,799,803],{},[792,800,802],{"href":801},"\u002Fspanish\u002Fvocabulary-by-cefr","Spanish vocabulary by CEFR"," covers the staged vocabulary curriculum that days of the week sit at the front of.",[329,805,806,810],{},[792,807,809],{"href":808},"\u002Fresources\u002Fspanish\u002Fhow-to-say-good-morning-in-spanish","How to say good morning in Spanish"," covers the times-of-day greetings that pair with the day-of-the-week vocabulary.",[329,812,813,817],{},[792,814,816],{"href":815},"\u002Fresources\u002Fspanish\u002Fessential-spanish-words-for-travel","Essential Spanish words for travel"," covers the wider travel vocabulary that days of the week anchor.",[329,819,790,820,824],{},[792,821,823],{"href":822},"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar","Spanish grammar hub"," covers the article-plus-day construction in more detail alongside the wider Spanish grammar curriculum.",{"title":826,"searchDepth":827,"depth":827,"links":828},"",2,[829,830,831,832,833,834,835,836,837,838,839],{"id":60,"depth":827,"text":61},{"id":167,"depth":827,"text":168},{"id":254,"depth":827,"text":255},{"id":316,"depth":827,"text":317},{"id":405,"depth":827,"text":406},{"id":490,"depth":827,"text":491},{"id":559,"depth":827,"text":560},{"id":605,"depth":827,"text":606},{"id":675,"depth":827,"text":676},{"id":693,"depth":827,"text":694},{"id":784,"depth":827,"text":785},"Methodology","2026-06-11T00:00:00+00:00","Days of the week in Spanish: lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes, sábado, domingo. 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