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Cualquier día es bueno.

Cualquier día es bueno.
Any day is good.
From Lesson 71:Shortened indefinite adjectives (algún, ningún)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Cualquier día es bueno.

Why does this sentence use cualquier instead of cualquiera?
Just like alguno and ninguno drop their final letter to become algún and ningún before a noun, the word cualquiera (any) drops its final -a when it comes immediately before a singular noun. This shortening process is called apocopation. Because it comes right before día, it becomes cualquier.
Would we still use cualquier if the noun was feminine?
Yes! This is a special feature of cualquier. While algún and ningún are only shortened before masculine singular nouns, cualquiera drops its -a before any singular noun. It doesn't matter if the noun is masculine (cualquier día) or feminine (cualquier semana).
Wait, día ends in -a. Why do we use the masculine adjective bueno instead of buena?
Día is a famous rule-breaker in Spanish! Even though it ends in -a, it is actually a masculine noun (el día). Because adjectives must always match the gender of the noun they describe, we have to use the masculine form bueno.
Why use es instead of está here?
We use es (from the verb ser) because we are stating a general characteristic about "any day". You use ser for fundamental descriptions and defining what something is, whereas estar is used for temporary conditions, moods, or physical locations.

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