febrero
nounBeginnerHigh frequency
What does “febrero” mean in English?
February
Example sentences
Febrero es el mes más corto.
February is the shortest month.
En febrero llueve a veces.
In February it sometimes rains.
El catorce de febrero es San Valentín.
February 14 is Valentine's Day.
How to use it
Febrero is 'February'. Like all months, masculine, invariable, lowercase. The shortest month — 28 days normally, 29 in a leap year (año bisiesto).
Common mistake
Date format is '[number] de [month]', e.g. 'el 14 de febrero', not 'febrero 14' or 'el febrero 14'.
Topics
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Reference
This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 32.