Months of the year

Months of the Year

The Spanish word for month is el mes (plural: los meses).

The year has twelve months.
El año tiene doce meses.

As you learn the twelve months of the year, there are two important rules to remember:

  • No capitalization: Unlike in English, the months of the year are always written in lowercase in Spanish, unless they appear at the very beginning of a sentence.
  • Saying "in" a month: To talk about something happening in a specific month, simply use the preposition en directly before the month.
January and February are cold months.
Enero y febrero son meses fríos.
My brother looks for an apartment in March or April.
Mi hermano busca un piso en marzo o abril.
I always visit my grandmother in May and June.
Siempre visito a mi abuela en mayo y junio.
I am very hot in July and August.
Tengo mucho calor en julio y agosto.
I study Spanish in September and October.
Estudio español en septiembre y octubre.
I see ice on the street in November and December.
Veo hielo en la calle en noviembre y diciembre.

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