Finde o fin De semaña?

Question

I recently wrote a sentence starting - no puedo salir este finde .. I thought it was a popular/ informal way of saying weekend.

I assumed it was only used in Spain.

Is it used in other Spanish speaking countries?

Is it used across a wide age range?

Is it a straight forward translation of weekend or does it have a more definite use eg only when chatting?

The sentence I used involved slang terms.

Good question mate ,thank you. - ray76, Jun 10, 2016

Answer 1

Hola Mardle. En España, si se usa finde en lugar de fin de semana, principalmente entre la gente joven .

Si se emplea o no en Hispanoamérica lo desconozco. Se utiliza tanto de forma hablada como en mensajes.

Thanks mate. - ray76, Jun 10, 2016

Gracias de mi parte, también y aprendí como se usa desconocer. - Jubilado, Jun 10, 2016

you both are wellcome - 000a35ff, Jun 10, 2016

Por lo menos, nunca lo he oído en México - 005faa61, Jun 11, 2016

Me gustaría ser 'gente joven' ..... - Mardle, Jun 11, 2016

I actually read it in El Pais - Mardle, Aug 3, 2016

Answer 2

In my little corner of Mexico:

• buen fin de semana: almost always
• buen fin: occasionally
• buen finde: never

Edit:

I should also point out that "el buen fin" means something very specific in Mexico.

I didn't know that last one. Thanks. - Mardle, Jun 13, 2016