Talk:weekday
Latest comment: 1 year ago by Backinstadiums in topic or the single weekly day off
For whom exactly is Saturday a "weekday", but not Sunday? Equinox ◑ 17:41, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
- Maybe members of some religions. — Ungoliant (falai) 17:53, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
Pt. "dia útil" v "dia de semana"[edit]
@Ungoliant MMDCCLXIV: Portuguese is not my native language, but wouldn't "dia de semana" above all refer to any day of the week, as opposed to specifically those excluding the weekend? Can you explain in what way "dia útil is a different concept"? My source for the edit was this: https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/ingles-portugues/weekday Thewords10 (talk) 11:02, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
- @Thewords10 thanks for pinging me. A few people use dia de semana to mean any day of the week. But most of the time it means the same as English weekday (i.e. a day of the week that is not part of the weekend). Its usage is also affected by religious concerns about the inclusion of Saturday in the weekend. The typical term for “any day of the week” is dia da semana.
- Dia útil is a workday, a day when the average non-vacationing employed person is expected to be working and the average business is expected to be open. They are similar concepts in practice, but dia útil excludes holidays and weekends while dia de semana only excludes weekends.
- Infopédia is not a very good translation dictionary. It has many pairs that are similar concepts but not quite the same. For example, they translate fortnight with a word that means 15 days. — Ungoliant (falai) 14:27, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
or the single weekly day off[edit]
Could someone please elaborate on this ? Backinstadiums (talk) 15:39, 22 October 2022 (UTC)