How to Say ‘This Friday or next Friday?’ in Spain Spanish
¿Este viernes o el próximo?
ES-teh BYEHR-nehs oh el PROK-see-moh
[ES-teh BYEHR-nehs oh el PROK-see-moh]
💬 Usage Tip: El próximo avoids repeating viernes; el plus a describing word stands in for the thing already named. Same idea: el rojo "the red one".
Phrase Breakdown
¿Este viernes
ES-teh BYEHR-nehs
This Friday
'Este' means 'this'. Stress 'es'.
Este viernes salgo.
This Friday I'm going out.
Words in this phrase
Este
[ES-teh]
this
A demonstrative word used to point to a nearby or current thing.
En este momento, quiero aprender más sobre la empresa.
At this moment, I want to learn more about the company.
viernes
[BYEHR-nehs]
Friday
Day of the week; same form in singular and plural.
El viernes cenamos fuera.
On Friday we eat out.
o el próximo?
oh el PROK-see-moh
or next one?
'Próximo' means 'next'. Stress 'pró'.
El próximo año.
Next year.
Words in this phrase
o
[oh]
or
Offers an alternative or option.
Puedes comer esto o aquello.
You can eat this or that.
el
[el]
the one
Article used alone to mean 'the one', referring to a coffee.
El de Brasil es suave.
The one from Brazil is smooth.
próximo
[PROK-see-moh]
next
Adjective meaning the following one in time or order; agrees with the noun (próxima for feminine).
El próximo año vamos al Mundial.
Next year we're going to the World Cup.
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