VerbamorFriday in Spanish
“Friday” in Spanish is el viernes: a masculine noun, pronounced /ˈbjeɾ.nes/.
In a sentence
El viernes hay mercado en la plaza del barrio.
On Friday there is a market in the neighborhood plaza.
Grammar note
Days of the week are masculine and written in lowercase in Spanish. To say on Friday, use the article with no preposition: el viernes. The plural doesn't change: los viernes means every Friday. After hoy es (today is), drop the article: hoy es viernes.
How to remember it
Viernes is Venus's day, from the Latin Veneris dies. A Spanish v sounds like a soft b, so you say BYER-nes.
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