Breakdown of Cualquier día es bueno.
ser
to be
el día
the day
bueno
good
cualquiera
any (whichever) / anyone
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?
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 here?