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Saturday in Spanish
“Saturday” in Spanish is el sábado: a masculine noun, pronounced /ˈsa.ba.do/.
In a sentence
El sábado hay un mercado en la plaza.
On Saturday there is a market in the square.
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Grammar note
Days of the week are masculine and written in lowercase in Spanish. To say on Saturday, use the article with no preposition: el sábado. For every Saturday, add an -s: los sábados. After hoy es (today is), drop the article: hoy es sábado.
How to remember it
Sábado and Sabbath both come from the Hebrew shabbat, the day of rest.
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