Days of the Week in Spanish
The days of the week in Spanish are lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes, sábado and domingo. Two things surprise English speakers right away: the Spanish week starts on Monday, and the days are never capitalized: write Hoy es lunes, not Lunes.
Below you’ll find the full chart with pronunciation, the grammar rules parents actually ask about, and the way we practice them at breakfast, plus a free printable chart for your kitchen wall.
The seven days, with pronunciation
| Spanish | Say it | English | Memory hook |
|---|---|---|---|
| lunes | LOO-nes | Monday | la Luna, the Moon |
| martes | MAR-tes | Tuesday | Marte, Mars |
| miércoles | MYER-ko-les | Wednesday | Mercurio, Mercury |
| jueves | HWE-ves | Thursday | Júpiter, Jupiter |
| viernes | VYER-nes | Friday | Venus |
| sábado | SAH-ba-do | Saturday | the Sabbath |
| domingo | do-MEEN-go | Sunday | Latin dominicus, “day of the Lord” |
Monday through Friday are named for the Moon and the planets, the same celestial bodies behind our English day names. That makes a lovely five-minute rabbit trail for a homeschool morning: lunes is the Moon’s day, just like Monday is “moon day.”
The week starts on lunes
Calendars in the Spanish-speaking world begin the week on Monday. When your child lists the days, start from lunes. It’s also the easiest one to remember (la Luna, the Moon).
Never capitalized
Spanish spelling rules (per the Real Academia Española) keep days and months lowercase: Hoy es lunes. Mi cumpleaños es en marzo. Kids who journal in both languages mix this up constantly. One gentle reminder on the wall chart fixes it.
el lunes vs. los lunes
There’s no word for “on” here: the article does the work. El lunes = on Monday (once). Los lunes = on Mondays (every week). Only sábado and domingo change in the plural: los sábados, los domingos.
How to pronounce them (the two tricky ones)
Most of the days sound the way they look. Two need a moment of practice, and your pronunciation does not need to be perfect. It needs to be brave. Your child is listening to your willingness, not your accent.
miércoles (MYER-ko-les)
The written accent on mié tells you exactly where the stress goes: punch the first syllable, then let the rest fall away softly.
jueves (HWE-ves)
The Spanish j sounds like an English h. Think “HWEH-ves,” the same sound as in jugo (juice) or jardín (garden).
How we practice them at home: the breakfast question
You do not need a worksheet for the days of the week. You need one question, asked at the same moment every day. In our house it happens at breakfast, pointing at the chart on the wall:
—¿Vos sabés qué día es hoy?
—¡Sí! Hoy es martes.
(“Do you know what day it is today? Yes, today is Tuesday!”) A note for parents: we say vos sabés instead of tú sabes because Profé’s family is from Argentina, where vosis the everyday “you.” Both are real Spanish. If your child later meets tú in another book, nothing breaks. The question ¿Qué día es hoy? is the same everywhere.
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Print the chart and put it where breakfast happens. Visibility beats discipline.
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Ask the question every morning for two weeks. Same words, same moment. Repetition is the curriculum.
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Add tomorrow and yesterday once today is easy. Mañana es miércoles. Ayer fue lunes.
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Let your child ask YOU the question. Asking is harder than answering, and more fun.
Get the free printable chart
One beautiful page: all seven days with pronunciation, the three rules above, and the breakfast question. Print it, tape it up, and the days teach themselves.
Download the Chart (Free PDF)Bonus: the months, while you’re at it
The months follow the same two rules: lowercase, and mostly recognizable from English. Families usually pick these up in passing once the days are routine:
enero
January
febrero
February
marzo
March
abril
April
mayo
May
junio
June
julio
July
agosto
August
septiembre
September
octubre
October
noviembre
November
diciembre
December
Questions parents ask
Are the days of the week capitalized in Spanish?
No. Days of the week are always lowercase in Spanish, even in the middle of a sentence: Hoy es lunes. The same rule applies to months. Only capitalize a day when it starts a sentence.
What are the days of the week in Spanish in order?
In order: lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes, sábado, domingo. Spanish calendars start the week on Monday (lunes), not Sunday, so lists always begin there.
How do you say the days of the week in Spanish?
LOO-nes, MAR-tes, MYER-ko-les, HWE-ves, VYER-nes, SAH-ba-do, do-MEEN-go. The trickiest two for English speakers are miércoles (the accent lands on MYER) and jueves (the j sounds like an English h).
How do you say 'on Monday' and 'on Mondays' in Spanish?
Use el for one time and los for every time: el lunes means on Monday, los lunes means on Mondays. There is no separate word for 'on'; the article does that job.
Do Spanish-speaking countries use different words for the days?
No. The seven day names are the same across the whole Spanish-speaking world, including the Argentine Spanish we use at Clase de Profe. Learn them once and they work everywhere.
Where the days show up next
A chart teaches recognition; a story makes the words stick. Our free Manuel y Lola starter story gives your child the days and other first words inside a tale they’ll ask to hear again. That’s the whole trick.