la
/seˈmana/
Translation
week
Word origin
From Late Latin septimana ('week'), from Latin septem ('seven'), the week being a span of seven days.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- septimana
- English cognates
- September, septet
Grammar
Examples
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We will see each other next week.
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I work five days a week.
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This week has been very long and difficult.
Galicia.
We spent Easter week in a village in Galicia.
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The holidays start in three weeks.
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(12)Conjugating Spanish Reflexive Verbs in the Present Tense
Hace, Desde and Desde Hace: Saying How Long and How Long Ago in Spanish
Spanish Imperfect: hablaba, comía, vivía and Only Three Irregulars
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Spanish Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
Spanish Ordinals, Fractions, Dates and Time (el primer día, media hora, son las tres y cuarto)
The Passive with ser in Spanish (fue escrito por, fueron construidas)
Spanish Present Perfect: he hablado, ha vivido, hemos visto
The Spanish Present Progressive: estar + gerundio, and Why It Is Not the English -ing
Preterite vs Imperfect: How to Choose Between the Two Spanish Past Tenses
Spanish Preterite: hablé, comí, viví and the Big Irregular Group
Spanish Reciprocal Verbs (se quieren, nos ayudamos - each other)
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