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Cheatsheet: Days, Months and Dates

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Days, Months and Dates

PointRuleExampleEnglish
Daysthe week starts on lunes and ends on domingolunes / domingoMonday / Sunday
On a dayel before a day, with no preposition; los for every weekel lunes / los luneson Monday / on Mondays
Monthstwelve months, from enero to diciembreenero / diciembreJanuary / December
In a monthen before a month, a season or a yearen mayo / en veranoin May / in summer
Small lettersdays and months start with a small letterHoy es martes.Today is Tuesday.
The dateel + number + de + month; the day is a plain numberel 22 de marzo22 March
The firstel primero / el uno for the first day of the month: both are correctel primero de mayo1 May
Yearsa whole number, with de before it in a full dateel 2 de mayo de 20262 May 2026
Asking¿Qué día es hoy? for the day, ¿Qué fecha es hoy? for the date¿Qué día es hoy? — Hoy es martes.What day is it today? — Today is Tuesday.
Written datesday, month, year04/07/2026 → el 4 de julio de 2026
Trapa date takes el, never enLlego el 3 de junio.I arrive on 3 June.

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