🇪🇸 Spanish

martes

masculine

el martes

Tuesday

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martes
/el ˈmaɾtes/
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How do you say martes in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈmaɾtes/

How do you pronounce martes in Spanish?

martes is pronounced /el ˈmaɾtes/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El martes pasado fue muy productivo porque completé todos mis proyectos.

Last Tuesday was very productive because I completed all my projects.

El próximo martes será importante para nuestra reunión, así que todos debemos estar preparados.

Next Tuesday will be important for our meeting, so we all need to be prepared.

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Why is it masculine?

Martes is masculine because it derives from Latin "Martis dies" (the day of Mars), and the Latin noun "dies" (day) is grammatically masculine, a gender that was preserved when Romance languages evolved. The god Mars himself was also masculine, reinforcing this grammatical gender assignment.

What is the Spanish word for Tuesday?

The Spanish word for Tuesday is el martes — masculine.

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