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"El día" is a form of "día", a noun which is often translated as "day". "Él/ella/usted fecha" is a form of "fechar", a transitive verb which is often translated as "to date". Learn more about the difference between "el día" and "él/ella/usted fecha" below.
el día(
dee
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ah
)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
a. day
Estoy en el restaurante en donde comimos el otro día.I'm at the restaurant where we ate the other day.
2. (daylight)
a. day
Los que trabajan en el turno de noche tienen que dormir de día.Night workers have to sleep during the day.
fechar(
feh
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chahr
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
