VerbamorWednesday in Spanish
“Wednesday” in Spanish is el miércoles: a masculine noun, pronounced /ˈmjeɾ.ko.les/.
In a sentence
Hoy es miércoles y los niños van a la escuela.
Today is Wednesday and the children go to school.
Grammar note
Days of the week are masculine and written in lowercase in Spanish. To say on Wednesday, use the article with no preposition: el miércoles. The plural doesn't change: los miércoles means every Wednesday. After hoy es (today is), drop the article: hoy es miércoles.
How to remember it
Miércoles is Mercury's day, from the Latin Mercurii dies. You can hear Mercury at the start: MYER-ko-les.
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