Spanish vocabulary · Beginner
Thursday in Spanish: Jueves
Jueves · noun · HWEH-behs
Thursday in Spanish is jueves, a masculine noun derived from the Latin dies Iovis, meaning 'day of Jupiter.' Unlike English, Spanish days of the week are not capitalized unless they begin a sentence. Jueves keeps the same form in both singular and plural — el jueves (this Thursday) and los jueves (on Thursdays).
Say HWEH-behs, with the j producing a breathy h sound and the stress on the first syllable.
La reunión es el jueves a las tres.
The meeting is on Thursday at three.
How Native Speakers Use Jueves
Real example sentences across three contexts you'll actually run into.
Making plans
¿Quieres ir al cine el jueves por la noche?
Do you want to go to the movies on Thursday night?
Use el jueves for a specific upcoming Thursday.
Describing a recurring schedule
Los jueves siempre tengo clase de yoga a las seis.
On Thursdays I always have yoga class at six.
Los jueves with the plural article expresses a recurring weekly event.
Referencing a past Thursday
El jueves pasado fuimos a cenar con los vecinos.
Last Thursday we went out to dinner with the neighbors.
Adding pasado after jueves clarifies you mean the previous week.
Avoid These Mistakes When Using Jueves
Capitalizing the day of the week
Incorrect: Nos vemos el Jueves.
Correct: Nos vemos el jueves.
Spanish does not capitalize days of the week in regular sentences. Capital letters are only used at the start of a sentence or in titles.
Using en instead of el for 'on Thursday'
Incorrect: Te veo en jueves.
Correct: Te veo el jueves.
Spanish uses the definite article el (not the preposition en) before days of the week to mean 'on.' Saying en jueves sounds unnatural.
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Common Questions About Thursday in Spanish
- How do you say Thursday in Spanish?
- Thursday is jueves in Spanish, pronounced HWEH-behs. It comes from the Roman god Jupiter, and like all Spanish days of the week, it is not capitalized in normal writing.
- Why doesn't jueves change in the plural?
- Days of the week that end in -es (lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes) stay the same in singular and plural form. Only the article changes: el jueves becomes los jueves to indicate every Thursday.
- How do you say 'on Thursday' in Spanish?
- Use el jueves to say 'on Thursday' for a single occurrence, and los jueves to say 'on Thursdays' for recurring events. Spanish replaces the English preposition 'on' with the definite article el or los before days of the week.