Days of the week in Italian

Knowing the days of the week in Italian unlocks plans, bookings and everyday small talk. They're quick to learn — and because Italian is so phonetic, you'll pronounce them correctly almost immediately.

The seven days

Three things to remember

• No capital letters — days are lowercase: Ci vediamo lunedì.
• The accent shows the stress. Monday to Friday end in a stressed -dì (from giorno/day): lune-DÌ, marte-DÌ. Sabato and domenica are stressed earlier: SA-bato, do-ME-nica.
• Gender: all are masculine except domenica, which is feminine (la domenica).

"On Monday" vs "on Mondays"

Italian doesn't use a word for "on":

• Just the day = this coming one: Lunedì vado a Roma. (On Monday I'm going to Rome.)
• il / la + day = habitual: Il lunedì gioco a tennis. (On Mondays I play tennis.)

A trick to remember them

Five days come from Roman planets, so they echo Spanish and French: lunedì (luna/moon), martedì (Mars), mercoledì (Mercury), giovedì (Jupiter/Giove), venerdì (Venus). Sabato comes from "Sabbath" and domenica from the Latin for "the Lord's day".

Useful related words

oggi (today), ieri (yesterday), domani (tomorrow), il fine settimana (the weekend), la settimana prossima (next week), la settimana scorsa (last week).

Make them stick by saying them

Repetition out loud is what fixes them in memory. Navoq has you use the days in real sentences — plans, reservations, your weekly routine — with instant pronunciation feedback, so they come out naturally.