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El gimnasio está cerrado en febrero.

El gimnasio está cerrado en febrero.
The gym is closed in February.
From Lesson 47:Months of the year·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about El gimnasio está cerrado en febrero.

Why isn't febrero capitalized?
In Spanish, the months of the year and days of the week are written with lowercase letters, unlike in English. You only capitalize them if they appear at the very beginning of a sentence.
Do you always use en to say "in" a certain month?
Yes! To say something happens in a specific month, you just use en followed by the month name. For example, en enero for in January, or en febrero for in February. Notice that you don't use words like el or la before the month here.
Why does the sentence use está instead of es for "is"?
We use está, from the verb estar, because being closed is a temporary state or condition. The gym isn't fundamentally a closed thing; it is just the current status of the building. We use es, from the verb ser, for permanent characteristics, like saying the gym is big: El gimnasio es grande.
Would the word cerrado change if the place was feminine?
Yes, it would. Cerrado acts as an adjective here, describing the gym. Because el gimnasio is a masculine noun, the adjective ends in -o. If we were talking about a feminine noun, like the swimming pool (la piscina), it would change to match: La piscina está cerrada en febrero.

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