VerbamorTuesday in Spanish
“Tuesday” in Spanish is el martes: a masculine noun, pronounced /ˈmaɾ.tes/.
In a sentence
Hoy es martes y los niños tienen clase de arte en la escuela.
Today is Tuesday and the children have art class at school.
Grammar note
Days of the week are masculine and written in lowercase in Spanish. To say on Tuesday, use the article with no preposition: el martes. The plural doesn't change: los martes means every Tuesday. After hoy es (today is), drop the article: hoy es martes.
How to remember it
Martes is the day of Mars, the Roman god of war, from the Latin Martis dies. Mars and martes share their first 3 letters.
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