Expressing dates in Spanish Flashcards
What is the structure of the way to say a date in Spanish?
[number] + de + [month] + de + [year]
Are dates masculine or feminine?
masculine
7 de febrero de 1986
7th February 1986/February 7 1986
15 de julio de 1949
15th July 1949/July 15th 1949
23 de diciembre de 2001
23rd December 2001/December 23 2001
Mi cumpleaños es el 14 de mayo.
My birthday is the 14th of May/May 14.
What is the difference between English dates and Spanish dates?
English dates use ordinal numbers and Spanish dates use cardinal numbers, with the exception of the first day of the month, where either can be used in Spanish.
Uno de octubre/ Primero de octubre
1st of October/October 1
Are months in Spanish capitalized or not?
No, they are never capitalized.
Are years in Spanish read as abbreviations or full numbers?
Full numbers
1789 (mil setecientos ochenta y nueve)
1789 (seventeen eighty-nine)
2018 (dos mil dieciocho)
2018 (twenty eighteen)
1920 (mil novecientos veinte)
1920 (nineteen twenty)
1972 (mil novecientos setenta y dos)
1972 (nineteen seventy-two)
enero
January
