Tienes una semana.
You have one week.
In a graffiti-covered alley, a debt comes with a strict deadline, and una semana means seven days and not one more.
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Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "week" in Spanish
la semana
nounfeminineplural: las semanas
"Week" in Spanish is la semana. Next week is la próxima semana or la semana que viene, and the weekend is el fin de semana, with a masculine article. In Spain the week starts on Monday: La semana empieza el lunes.
Hear "semana" in real movie scenes
Two deadlines, one week each. Each video starts and stops on that line.
Sí, pero es la próxima semana
Yes, but it's next week
In an office conversation about a deadline, la próxima semana moves the date to some day next week.
From Suits · Spanish audio
Week phrases for making plans
Six phrases that put a plan in the right week.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| esta semana | this week |
| la próxima semana / la semana que viene | next week |
| la semana pasada | last week |
| dos veces por semana | twice a week |
| entre semana | on weekdays |
| el fin de semana | the weekend |
Tip: Semana Santa is Holy Week, the week before Easter, and a major holiday in Spain and Latin America.
Grammar: la semana, el fin de semana
Four points for talking about weeks.
Feminine, ends in -a
la semana, una semana, las semanas. Adjectives follow it: una semana larga, a long week.Next goes first, last goes after
la próxima semana puts próxima in front. la semana pasada puts pasada at the end.No word for "on" or "in"
Time phrases stand alone: Esta semana trabajo mucho. I'm working a lot this week.The weekend takes el
el fin de semana, because the main word is fin, end. On weekends: los fines de semana.Example sentences
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La semana tiene siete días.
A week has seven days.
La semana empieza el lunes.
The week starts on Monday.
¡Uf, la próxima semana! ¿Un café?
Phew, next week! Coffee?
Tienes una semana.
You have one week.
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗la fin de semana
✓el fin de semana
The article goes with fin, which is masculine, so it's el even though semana is feminine.
✗la última semana (meaning the week before this one)
✓la semana pasada
La última semana usually means the final week of something, like a course, or the past seven days.
✗En la próxima semana voy a Madrid
✓La próxima semana voy a Madrid
For a plan, the time phrase needs no preposition.
Practice: 3 quick exercises
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How to remember it
Semana goes back to the Latin septimana, a set of seven. Seven days make one semana.
Questions about "week" in Spanish
How do you say week in Spanish?
La semana, and the plural is las semanas.
How do you say next week in Spanish?
La próxima semana or la semana que viene. Both are common and mean the same.
How do you say weekend in Spanish?
El fin de semana, with el. For every weekend, say los fines de semana.
How do you say last week in Spanish?
La semana pasada. Keep pasada after the noun.
