How to Say ‘How many vacation days do I get a year?’ in Spain Spanish
¿Cuántos días de vacaciones tengo al año?
KWAHN-tohs DEE-ahs deh bah-kah-SYOH-nehs TEN-goh ahl AH-nyoh
[KWAHN-tohs DEE-ahs deh bah-kah-SYOH-nehs TEN-goh ahl AH-nyoh]
💬 Usage Tip: Al año means "per year". The same pattern works for any time span: al mes "per month", a la semana "per week".
Phrase Breakdown
¿Cuántos días de vacaciones
KWAHN-tohs DEE-ahs deh bah-kah-SYOH-nehs
How many vacation days
'Cuántos' is masculine plural to match 'días'. Note that 'día' is masculine even though it ends in -a.
¿Cuántos días de vacaciones tienes?
How many vacation days do you have?
Words in this phrase
Cuántos
[KWAHN-tohs]
how many
Question word for counting masculine plural nouns; 'cuántas' for feminine.
¿Cuántos años tienes?
How old are you?
días
[DEE-ahs]
days
Plural of 'día', a masculine noun despite ending in -a.
Trabajo cinco días a la semana.
I work five days a week.
de
[deh]
of
A common connector joining type with company.
En la pregunta ¿Qué tipo de empresa?, de conecta las ideas.
In the question What type of company?, de connects the ideas.
vacaciones
[bah-kah-SYOH-nehs]
vacation, holidays
Feminine plural noun for time off work.
Me voy de vacaciones en agosto.
I'm going on holiday in August.
tengo al año?
TEN-goh ahl AH-nyoh
do I have per year?
'Al año' means 'per year'. It is a contraction of 'a' + 'el'. The 'ñ' sounds like the 'ny' in 'canyon'.
Viajo tres veces al año.
I travel three times a year.
Words in this phrase
tengo
[TEN-goh]
I have
First person singular of tener; used to express possession, plans, or obligations.
Tengo disponibilidad el viernes por la tarde.
I am available on Friday afternoon.
al
[ahl]
per (a)
Contraction of 'a + el'; in frequency expressions it means 'per'.
Dos veces al mes.
Twice a month.
año
[AH-nyoh]
year
Masculine noun for a period of twelve months. Don't drop the tilde: ano means something very different.
Este año voy a Madrid.
This year I'm going to Madrid.
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