Time & days of the week · El tiempo y los días
19 Spanish words — each with a picture, audio and an example sentence. Today, tomorrow, always — and the days of the week, most of them named after planets.
| Picture | English | Spanish · Español | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | today | hoy | The h is silent — sounds like 'oy'. hoy en día = nowadays. |
 | yesterday | ayer | anteayer = the day before yesterday. |
 | tomorrow | mañana | la mañana (with article) = the morning; mañana (no article) = tomorrow. |
 | now | ahora | Silent h. ahora mismo = right now. |
 | later | luego | hasta luego = see you later. Synonym: después. |
 | always | siempre | para siempre = forever. |
 | never | nunca | Double negatives are correct Spanish: No voy nunca = I never go. |
 | sometimes | a veces | 🔗 Word familyFrom la vez (a time, an occasion). |
 | week | la semana | el fin de semana = the weekend. |
 | month | el mes | Plural: los meses. |
 | year | el año | Age uses tener: Tengo veinte años (I am twenty). The tilde on ñ matters. |
 | day | el día | ⚠️ GenderMasculine despite ending in -a: el día. Buenos días = good morning. |
 | Sunday | el domingo | 'The Lord's day' — from Latin dies dominicus (dominus = lord). |
 | Monday | el lunes | Named after la luna (the moon) — like Monday, the moon's day. |
 | Tuesday | el martes | Named after Marte (Mars, god of war). |
 | Wednesday | el miércoles | Named after Mercurio (Mercury). |
 | Thursday | el jueves | Named after Júpiter (Jupiter, king of the gods). |
 | Friday | el viernes | Named after Venus (goddess of love). |
 | Saturday | el sábado | 🔗 Word familyFrom the Hebrew 'Shabbat' (Sabbath). |