hoy
Spanish, adverb/ˈoi/
hoy is spelled H-O-Y (3 letters) and appears 550 times per million words in written Spanish, the 150th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hoy is a Spanish adverb meaning “today, tonight (on the current day)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En el día en curso”.
What does hoy mean in English?
adverb
- 1
today, tonight (on the current day)
Hoy es Saturday, 26 de September de 2026.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. En el día en curso. 2. En el tiempo que transcurre actualmente.
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.
How do you pronounce hoy?
- /ˈoi/
- [ˈoi̯]
- [ˈoj]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hoy
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hoy in Spanish?
hoy appears 550 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).