"every other day" in Spanish

Question

Hi there

How do you say "every other day/ every other month/ every other 3 days/ every other 4 years" in Spanish?

for example:

I go to gym every other 2 days.

Thanks

Answer 1

Un día sí y otro no. (The others are also correct)

And we're not talking about the cat, in the photo.

Another way is "cada tres días" - Daniela2041, Jan 28, 2016

Answer 2

I got the same response here in Mexico when I used "cada otra día". Here they say "un día sí, y un día no". for every other day.

This is extremely common as we only have city water every other day here in La Paz. For the other days we store water on the roof in plastic tanks.

Pues, tenemos agua de la calle un día sí, y un día no.

You got my vote, gringo. - Daniela2041, Jan 28, 2016

Answer 3

Hola caballer0 !

Here, there is a funny story (which I recommend to read) about how to say "every other day" in spanish and how to really say it

Link

How To Say Every Other Day In Spanish

When Sam responded “cada otro día” the two Colombian guys looked at each other as if they were thinking “do you understand what this Gringo is trying to say?” And then the two Colombian guys looked at me at the same time as if they wanted to say to me, “Patrick, you’re a Gringo too. Do you understand him?”

And I said to the two Colombians, “día por medio.” “Día por medio” is the correct way to say “every other day” in Spanish.

In Costa Rica also. "día por medio". - 00551866, Jan 29, 2016

Answer 4

Here is a fun thread. With multiple posts from Chileno.

http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/cada-tercer-dia.1768505/

I'd like to know if the expression cada tercer dia is translated as every third day, or every other day?

To a number of hispanohablantes, cada tercer día counts the first day you take it as one, the one you skip as two, and the next as the third day- which is the same as the first day, so it equates to every other day, not what an English speaker thinks of for every third day.

En México usamos la expresión de "cada tercer día" para decir que se trata de "un día sí y otro no" = every other day

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En España: “(un) día sí, (un) día no”. En Hispanoamérica: “día por medio”.

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En la región del Río de la Plata también es "día por medio". Y acá en Los Angeles es cada tercer día.

And cada tres días may not be the same for some as cada tercer día.

Cada tercer dia y cada tres dias no es lo mismo.

But from Chileno

Every third day = cada tercer día/cada tres días.

Every other day = cada dos días/día por medio

So there is not agreement on this term.

Another option (but not as favored as the two primary ones):

También he escuchado "días alternos" en Chile. Se entiende, pero de usa más "día por medio"

I just add this to be a fly in the ointment. Seems safest to use the other options given.

Please remember what is in a box is quoted (not from me) those words not in a box are mine. :) - bosquederoble, Jan 28, 2016

cada tercer día here as well and it causes as much confusionas cada otra día. So I agree there is no clear answer. - gringojrf, Jan 29, 2016

Answer 5

un dia si y otro no