Seasons and dates (el dos de mayo)

Expressing Dates

To talk about specific dates in Spanish, use the formula el + [number] + de + [month].

What is today's date?
¿Qué fecha es hoy?
Today is the second of May.
Hoy es el dos de mayo.
My birthday is the fifteenth of January.
Mi cumpleaños es el quince de enero.

Notice that in Spanish, the day always comes before the month.

The date of the concert is April third.
La fecha del concierto es el tres de abril.

The Four Seasons

There are four seasons (las estaciones) in a year. Just like months, the names of the seasons are not capitalized in Spanish.

EnglishSpanish
springla primavera
summerel verano
autumnel otoño
winterel invierno

You will usually include the definite article (el or la) with seasons, even after the preposition en (in).

My favorite season is summer.
Mi estación favorita es el verano.
The flowers are pretty in the spring.
Las flores son bonitas en la primavera.
Autumn is a very pretty season.
El otoño es una estación muy bonita.
There is a lot of snow in the winter.
Hay mucha nieve en el invierno.
Is your birthday in the spring, on April fourth?
¿Tu cumpleaños es en la primavera, el cuatro de abril?