VerbamorThursday in Spanish
“Thursday” in Spanish is el jueves: a masculine noun, pronounced /ˈxwe.bes/.
In a sentence
Ella tiene su clase de yoga el jueves.
She has her yoga class on Thursday.
Grammar note
Days of the week are masculine and written in lowercase in Spanish. To say on Thursday, use the article with no preposition: el jueves. The plural doesn't change: los jueves means every Thursday. After hoy es (today is), drop the article: hoy es jueves.
How to remember it
Jueves is Jupiter's day, from the Latin Iovis dies. Jove is another name for Jupiter. The Spanish j is a breathy h, so you say HWEH-bes.
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