Time and Date

Time and Date

Section: Days of the Week

• Lunes translates to Monday.
• Martes corresponds to Tuesday.
• Wednesday is referred to as Miércoles.
• Thursday in Spanish is Jueves.
• Viernes is the Spanish word for Friday.
• Saturday translates as Sábado.
• Sunday is known as Domingo in Spanish.

Section: Months of the Year

• January is Enero.
• February becomes Febrero in Spanish.
• The Spanish for March is Marzo.
• Abril is April in Spanish.
• May is translated as Mayo.
• June across to Spanish as Junio.
• The Spanish term for July is Julio.
• August translates into Spanish as Agosto.
• September is Septiembre.
• October is Octubre in Spanish.
• November comes across as Noviembre.
• December translates as Diciembre.

Section: Telling the Time

• 1 o’clock is Es la una.
• 2 o’clock is Son las dos.
• Half-past (or :30) is commonly indicated as y media.
• Quarter-past (or :15) is often expressed as y cuarto.
• Quarter-to (or :45) can be stated as menos cuarto.
• Noon and midnight are denoted as mediodía and medianoche, respectively.
• Minutes past the hour use y (and) and the respective minute number.
• Minutes to the next hour use menos (minus) and the respective minute number.

Section: Ordering and Saying Dates

• ¿Qué fecha es hoy? translates to “What’s today’s date?”.
• To say “it’s the first of (month)” use Es el primero de (month).
• For all other dates use Es el (number) de (month).
• When referring to the year, use El año es (the year).