Dates in Spanish can be expressed in several ways and using different formats:
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| 09/5/2024 | 05/09/2024 |
| 9 de mayo | May 9 |
| 9 de mayo de 2024 | May 9, 2024 |
| nueve de mayo de dos mil veinticuatro | May nine, two thousand and twenty-four |
Quick tip: In Spanish, the day comes first, followed by the month: 03/04 means April 3 (and not: March 4).
Hoy es viernes 16 de septiembre de 2024.
Today is Friday, September 16, 2024.
La fecha límite para la tarea es el 5 de abril.
The deadline for the assignment is April 5.
Hoy es 24 de abril.
Today is April, 24.
¿El examen es el próximo viernes?
Is the test next Friday?
How to write the date in Spanish
- Day comes first.
In Spanish, the day comes first, before the month. The cardinal number is used:
3 de junio
June 3.
- Months and years preceded by “de”.
The elements of a date are separated by the preposition de, which introduces both months and years, like this:
day + de + month + de + year
5 de febrero de 2004.
February 5, 2004.
- Number format: day also comes first.
To write the date with numbers in Spanish the dd/mm/yyyy format is used. If obvious, the first two numbers of the year may be left out:
05/02/22
February 5, 202202/08/1980
August 2, 198011/10/2024
October 11, 2024
- Days and months not capitalized.
Unlike in English, the days and months in Spanish are not capitalized:
miércoles
Wednesdayenero
January
Note: In very formal contexts, like letters and formal documents, dates are written in full, just the way they are said. The name of the day may be included at the beginning:
martes nueve de julio de mil ochocientos dieciséis (Tuesday, July 9, 1816).
Days of the week in Spanish
The week in Spanish starts on lunes (Monday). Days in Spanish are written in lowercase:
| Día | Day |
|---|---|
| lunes | Monday |
| martes | Tuesday |
| miércoles | Wednesday |
| jueves | Thursday |
| viernes | Friday |
| sábado | Saturday |
| domingo | Sunday |
Mi cumpleaños es el sábado.
My birthday is on Saturday.
Viajaremos el próximo domingo.
We’re traveling next Sunday.
El lunes fue un día muy frío.
Monday was a very cold day.
- You can also like: Days of the week in Spanish
Months in Spanish
Like the days of the week, months in Spanish are not capitalized:
| Mes | Month |
|---|---|
| enero | January |
| febrero | February |
| marzo | March |
| abril | April |
| mayo | May |
| junio | June |
| julio | July |
| agosto | August |
| septiembre | September |
| octubre | October |
| noviembre | November |
| diciembre | December |
The word en (meaning “in”) introduces a time adverbial when it is used next to a month:
Nos mudaremos a la nueva casa en diciembre.
We’ll move to the new house in December.
La conferencia se llevará a cabo en octubre.
The conference will be in October.
Noviembre suele ser un mes cálido.
November is usually a warm month.
- You can also like: Months in Spanish
Talking about dates in Spanish
¿Qué fecha es hoy?
What’s the date today?
¿Qué día es hoy?
What day is it today?
¿Cuándo es la fiesta?
When is the party?
¿Hoy es lunes?
Is it Monday today?
Es jueves.
It’s Thursday.
Reserva la fecha.
Save the date.
How to write and say numbers in dates in Spanish
To express dates in Spanish, cardinal numbers are used.
Numbers in days
Cardinal numbers are used for the days of the month, except for the first day, which in general uses the ordinal primero:
1° de noviembre
November 1
15 de mayo
May 15
31 de octubre
October 31
Numbers in years
Years in Spanish are said like any other cardinal number, starting from thousand, and piling up hundreds and tens, from left to right as shown in the chart below:
| Thousands | Hundreds | Tens | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 mil 2000 dos mil | 100 cien | 10 diez | 11 once |
| 200 doscientos | 20 veinte | 12 doce | |
| 300 trescientos | 30 treinta | 13 trece | |
| 400 cuatrocientos | 40 cuarenta | 14 catorce | |
| 500 quinientos | 50 cincuenta | 15 quince | |
| 600 seiscientos | 60 sesenta | 16 dieciséis | |
| 700 setecientos | 70 setenta | 17 diecisiete | |
| 800 ochocientos | 80 ochenta | 18 dieciocho | |
| 900 novecientos | 90 noventa | 19 diecinueve |
- 1812. Mil ochocientos doce.
- 1900. Mil novecientos.
- 1982. Mil novecientos ochenta y dos.
- 1998. Mil novecientos noventa y ocho.
- 2015. Dos mil quince.
- 2024. Dos mil veinticuatro.
Calendar vocabulary
| fecha date | calendario calendar | horario schedule |
| plazo deadline | día day | semana week |
| mes month | año year | hoy today |
| mañana tomorrow | ayer yesterday | fin de semana weekend |
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