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Use of Prepositions to Write Dates in Spanish

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Scott J

When writing dates in Spanish, you will use the prepositions “a“, “en” and “de“. The preposition “a” is put before the day, both when talking about the day of the week and of the month, when it introduces a complement to the verb “estar“: Estamos A lunes (in answer to the question ¿A qué (día) […]

Expressing Dates in Spanish

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Scott J

As established in the Real Academia Española, Spanish-speaking countries use, generally, the ascending order when they write out dates, i.e. day, month, year, with no commas separating any information: 31 de diciembre de 1992. Between the day and the month, as well as between the month and the year, the preposition “de” is used. For […]

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