How to Say ‘The night of Holy Thursday’ in Spain Spanish
La noche del Jueves Santo
lah NOH-cheh del HWEH-bes SAHN-toh
[lah NOH-cheh del HWEH-bes SAHN-toh]
💬 Usage Tip: De + el always merges into del, as in del Jueves Santo. Same with a + el, which becomes al.
Phrase Breakdown
La noche
lah NOH-cheh
The night
Keep the article with its noun. 'Ch' sounds like English 'ch': NO-che.
La noche es larga.
The night is long.
Words in this phrase
La
[lah]
the
A definite article used before a feminine singular noun.
«La» gente en esa empresa parece amable.
The people in that company seem kind.
noche
[NOH-cheh]
night / evening
The period after dark.
Cenamos por la noche.
We eat dinner at night.
del Jueves Santo
del HWEH-bes SAHN-toh
of Holy Thursday
'Jueves Santo' is Holy Thursday. The j is a throaty sound, like the 'ch' in Scottish 'loch': JUE-ves SAN-to.
Es la tarde del Jueves Santo.
It's the afternoon of Holy Thursday.
Words in this phrase
del
[del]
of the
Contraction of 'de' + 'el'.
La puerta del coche.
The car door.
Jueves
[HWEH-bes]
Thursday
Fourth day of the week, named after Jupiter.
El jueves cenamos fuera.
On Thursday we eat out.
Santo
[SAHN-toh]
Holy
Means 'holy' or 'saint'; names days of Holy Week.
El Jueves Santo hay muchas procesiones.
On Holy Thursday there are many processions.
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