Days of The Week in Spanish | Pronunciations & Order

The days of the week in Spanish are:

• lunes (Monday)
• martes (Tuesday)
• miércoles (Wednesday)
• jueves (Thursday)
• viernes (Friday)
• sábado (Saturday)
• domingo (Sunday)

Spanish is a gendered language, meaning that all nouns are considered either masculine or feminine, and the days of the week in Spanish are all masculine (e.g., “el martes”).

Days of the week in Spanish

Lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes, sábado, and domingo are the days of the week in Spanish. Because all days are considered masculine, they’re typically preceded by “el” (e.g., “el viernes”), “los” (e.g., “los viernes”), or  “un” (e.g., “un viernes”). However, they can also be referred to with the word “este” (e.g., “este viernes”).

Are the days of the week capitalized in Spanish?

In English, the days of the week are always capitalized because they’re considered proper nouns. In Spanish, the days of the week are never capitalized, unless at the beginning of a sentence (e.g., “Lunes es el primer dia de la semana”) or when used in a title.

Pluralizing the days of the week in Spanish

The days of the week in Spanish are made plural by changing the preceding article from “el” to “los.” For example, “el lunes” refers to one Monday, whereas “los lunes” refers to multiple Mondays.

However, the plural noun forms of sábado (i.e., Saturday) and domingo (i.e., Sunday) also require an “-s” at the end of the word (e.g., “los domingos”).

Spanish pluralizes nouns by adding “-s” or “-es.” But because “lunes,” “martes,” “miércoles,” “jueves,” and “viernes” already end in this manner, only “sábado” and “domingo” need to have an “-s” added.

Useful phrases for the days of the week in Spanish

The phrases in the table below are commonly used when referring to the days of the week in Spanish.

Frequently asked questions about the days of the week in Spanish

Which days of the week in Spanish get accents?

“Miércoles” and “sábado” are the only days of the week in Spanish that include an accent.

“Miércoles” (with an accent over the “e”) is pronounced “mee-air-coh-lehs.”

“Sábado” (with an accent over the “a”) is pronounced “saa-baa-doh.”

How do you say weekday in Spanish?

“Día laborable” is one way to say “weekday” in Spanish. Like all the days of the week in Spanish, the phrase “dia laborable” is considered masculine.

• ¡Qué raro que viniste a visitarme en un día laborable!
  [How strange that you came to visit me on a weekday!]