Word
La fecha del concierto es el tres de abril.
Meaning
The date of the concert is April third.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of La fecha del concierto es el tres de abril.
ser
to be
de
from / of
del
from the / of the
el concierto
the concert
Questions & Answers about La fecha del concierto es el tres de abril.
Why does the Spanish sentence say "the three of April" (el tres de abril) instead of using a word for "third"?
In Spanish, we use regular numbers like tres (three) or diez (ten) for dates, not ordinal numbers like "third" or "tenth". So "April third" translates literally to "the three of April". The only exception is the first day of the month, which is el primero.
Why isn't the month abril capitalized?
Where does the word del come from?
del is a mandatory contraction. When the word de (of) is immediately followed by the masculine word for "the", which is el, they mash together into del. So del concierto means "of the concert".