To start the post, we first are going to see vocabulary related to periods of time; from seconds, up to years. It will take us to the final vocabulary step that is the seasons of the year. Let’s start:
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INGLÉS |
ESPAÑOL |
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SECOND |
SEGUNDO |
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MINUTE |
MINUTO |
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HOUR |
HORA |
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DAY |
DÍA |
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WEEK |
SEMANA |
Semana!! Here it comes. If we have already seen the noun Semana, we have to see the name of the days that are in a week:
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DAYS OF THE WEEK |
DÍAS DE LA SEMANA |
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MONDAY |
LUNES |
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TUESDAY |
MARTES |
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WEDNESDAY |
MIÉRCOLES |
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THURSDAY |
JUEVES |
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FRIDAY |
VIERNES |
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SATURDAY |
SÁBADO |
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SUNDAY |
DOMINGO |
Sábado y domingo… Saturday and Sunday… We bet that you are wishing to get there as soon as possible. Well, at least we are. 🙂
◊ Saturday and Sunday are obviously the weekend. Our favorite time of the week:
Weekend → Fin de semana
This is the name of it:
FIN DE SEMANA
END OF WEEK
Months of the year in Spanish
Let’s keep seeing bigger periods of time; so far we have seen up to a week. Next step, of course, is months and its monthly name per year. There we go:
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INGLÉS |
ESPAÑOL |
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MONTH |
MES |
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YEAR |
AÑO |
Once we have shown the name of MES and AÑO in Spanish, here it comes the month’s name:
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MONTHS OF THE YEAR |
MESES DEL AÑO |
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JANUARY |
ENERO |
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FEBRUARY |
FEBRERO |
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MARCH |
MARZO |
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APRIL |
ABRIL |
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MAY |
MAYO |
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JUNE |
JUNIO |
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JULY |
JULIO |
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AUGUST |
AGOSTO |
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SEPTEMBER |
SETIEMBRE |
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OCTOBER |
OCTUBRE |
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NOVEMBER |
NOVIEMBRE |
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DECEMBER |
DICIEMBRE |
→ In the next section, we can already see the seasons of one year having the months already.
Seasons of the year in Spanish
So, we are all ready to finally see the seasons of the year. Of course, it depends where you are, the seasons are not the same. Sometimes the weather all year long is hot, hot and rainy, cold, rainy or just cool. We are going to take the four seasons of the year that we have in Spain. The name of season will be surprising for you:
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SEASON |
ESTACIÓN |
If you look back, we had seen that the meaning of ESTACIÓN was station. Well, it is in Spanish as well; the real expression in Spanish is stations of the year, which is the same for us as seasons of the year in English matters:
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MESES DEL AÑO |
ESTACIONES DEL AÑO |
SEASONS OF THE YEAR |
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ENERO |
INVIERNO |
WINTER |
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FEBRERO |
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MARZO |
PRIMAVERA |
SPRING |
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ABRIL |
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MAYO |
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JUNIO |
VERANO |
SUMMER |
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JULIO |
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AGOSTO |
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SETIEMBRE |
OTOÑO |
AUTUMN |
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OCTUBRE |
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NOVIEMBRE |
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DICIEMBRE |
INVIERNO |
WINTER |
There they are: INVIERNO, PRIMAVERA, OTOÑO y VERANO…Verano dulce (sweet) verano. ♥
