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How to Say ‘The month's sales’ in Mexican Spanish

Las ventas del mes

lahs BEHN-tahs del mehs

[lahs BEHN-tahs del mehs]

💬 Usage Tip: del is de + el squeezed together, and Spanish always does this. Same with del año "of the year".

Phrase Breakdown

Las ventas

lahs BEHN-tahs

The sales

'Ventas' means sales. Stress 'VEN-tas'. The 'v' sounds like a soft 'b'.

Example

Las ventas subieron.

Sales went up.

Words in this phrase

Las

[lahs]

the

Plural feminine article used in time expressions like 'a las dos'.

Example

A las 2:00 tengo comida.

At 2:00 I have lunch.

ventas

[BEHN-tahs]

sales

Plural of 'venta'; the sales department or activity.

Example

Las ventas subieron este mes.

Sales went up this month.

del mes

del mehs

of the month

'Del' is 'de' plus 'el' (of the). Say both words together as one unit: 'del-MES'.

Example

Es el reporte del mes.

It's the monthly report.

Words in this phrase

del

[del]

of the

A contraction used to indicate possession or belonging of something.

Example

El aroma del café es espectacular.

The aroma of the coffee is spectacular.

mes

[mehs]

month

Masculine noun for a period of about thirty days.

Example

El próximo mes voy a Oaxaca.

Next month I'm going to Oaxaca.

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