¡Es jueves! ¡Qué cosa! ¿No es lunes?
It's Thursday! How weird! Isn't it Monday?
Still in his pajamas, he realizes he slept through half the week. To say what day it is, Spanish uses es jueves with no article.
From The Green Hornet · Spanish audio
Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "Thursday" in Spanish
el jueves
nounmasculineplural: los juevestwo syllables
"Thursday" in Spanish is el jueves, said HWEH-behs: the j is a throaty h and ue is a single syllable. For one Thursday say el jueves, and for every Thursday say los jueves.
Hear "jueves" in real movie scenes
A rude awakening and a movie plan. Each video starts and stops on that line.
Jueves a las nueve, Casablanca y Apocalipsis Ahora.
Thursday at nine, Casablanca and Apocalypse Now.
A handwritten note on the pillow sets up a Thursday movie marathon with two classics. In a short note like this, the article drops out.
From Suits · Spanish audio
Making plans with jueves
Six ways to pin down a Thursday.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| este jueves | this Thursday |
| el jueves a las nueve | Thursday at nine |
| el jueves por la tarde | Thursday afternoon |
| cada jueves | every Thursday |
| ¿Jueves a la misma hora? | Thursday, same time? |
| Jueves Santo | Holy Thursday, the Thursday before Easter |
Tip: When someone asks ¿Qué día es hoy?, the short answer is Jueves. No article and no verb.
Grammar: el jueves, los jueves
Four points, from the article to the sounds.
Masculine and lowercase
el jueves, like every day of the week. Use a capital J only at the start of a sentence.One Thursday or every Thursday
el jueves is a single Thursday. los jueves is every Thursday. The word itself stays the same.Add the time
Put the hour after the day with a las: el jueves a las nueve. For the time of day, use por: el jueves por la noche.Three sounds to watch
The j is a throaty h, ue glides into one syllable, and the v sounds like a soft b.Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
Hoy es jueves.
Today is Thursday.
Mañana es jueves.
Tomorrow is Thursday.
Yo prefiero el jueves.
I'd rather do Thursday.
¿Jueves a la misma hora?
Thursday, same time?
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗JWEH-vehs (pronunciation)
✓HWEH-behs
The Spanish j is a breathy sound from the throat, never the English j of jump.
✗el jueve
✓el jueves
The -s is part of the word even for one Thursday. It isn't a plural ending.
✗Yo prefiero los jueves (for one coffee date)
✓Yo prefiero el jueves
Los jueves means every Thursday. For a single plan, use el.
Real conversation: what day is it?
A short dialog in a shared apartment, first thing in the morning.
You're in the kitchen of your shared apartment. Your roommate Óscar rushes in, hair a mess and in a panic.
¡Ay! ¿Qué día es hoy?
Oh no! What day is it today?
Jueves, ¿por qué?
Thursday. Why?
¿Jueves? ¡Mi clase es hoy!
Thursday? My class is today!
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How to remember it
Jueves is Jupiter's day and Thursday is Thor's day. Both were gods of thunder, so picture a storm rolling in every jueves.
Questions about "Thursday" in Spanish
How do you say Thursday in Spanish?
El jueves, pronounced HWEH-behs. Write it in lowercase.
How do you pronounce jueves?
Say HWEH-behs: a throaty h for the j, one syllable for ue, and a soft b for the v.
How do you say "every Thursday" in Spanish?
Los jueves or todos los jueves. Only the article changes, and jueves keeps the same form.
What is Holy Thursday in Spanish?
Jueves Santo, the Thursday before Easter. As the name of a holiday, it's written with capitals.
