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fin de semana

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “fin de semana” mean in English?

  1. weekend

Example sentences

  • Este fin de semana voy a la playa.

    This weekend I'm going to the beach.

  • Los fines de semana descanso.

    On weekends I rest.

  • ¿Qué planes tienes para el fin de semana?

    What plans do you have for the weekend?

How to use it

Fin de semana means 'weekend' (literally 'end of week'). Masculine: el fin de semana. Pluralises by adding -s only to fin: los fines de semana.

Common mistake

Pluralise the head noun fin → fines, NOT semana → semanas. 'Los fines de semana' is right; 'los fin de semanas' is wrong.

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 32.