VerbamorMonday in Spanish
“Monday” in Spanish is el lunes: a masculine noun, pronounced /ˈlu.nes/.
In a sentence
El lunes es el primer día de la semana laboral.
Monday is the first day of the work week.
Grammar note
Days of the week are masculine and written in lowercase in Spanish. To say on Monday, use the article with no preposition: el lunes. The plural doesn't change: los lunes means every Monday. After hoy es (today is), drop the article: hoy es lunes.
How to remember it
Lunes is the moon's day, from the Latin Lunae dies. Luna is the moon, and the English Monday is moon day too.
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