día
Spanish, noun/ˈdia/
día is spelled D-Í-A (3 letters) and appears 912 times per million words in written Spanish, the 79th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Día is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “day (any period of 24 hours)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tiempo que tarda la Tierra en dar una vuelta alrededor de su eje, equivalente a 24 horas”.
What does día mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineday (any period of 24 hours)
- 2
masculineday (a period from midnight to the following midnight)
- 3
masculineday (rotational period of a planet)
- 4
masculineday (the part of a day period which one spends at work, school, etc.)
- 5
masculineday, daytime (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset)
- 6
masculineAn observance or celebration lasting for a day, such as an annual holiday.
día de los Inocentes
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tiempo que tarda la Tierra en dar una vuelta alrededor de su eje, equivalente a 24 horas. 2. Tiempo que tarda cualquier planeta en dar una vuelta alrededor de su eje. 3. Periodo que va desde la medianoche hasta la siguiente medianoche. 4. Tiempo que dura la claridad diurna.
prefix: 1. A través (de). 2. Entre.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of día
- días plural
- dia alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce día?
- /ˈdia/
- [ˈd̪i.a]
- [ˈd̪ia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to día
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is día in Spanish?
día appears 912 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).