Mammoth Memory

December – el diciembre

(Pronounced dee-thee-em-bray)

To remember that December is pronounced dee-thee-em-bray (diciembre) in European Spanish, use the following mnemonic:

At Christmas (December), the reindeer wear themed costumes and embrace (diciembre) the holiday spirit. 

At Christmas (December), the reindeer wear themed costumed and embrace (diciembre) the holiday spirit. 

NOTE: The way Mammoth Memory remembers December is to think of Christmas. See our Remembering Months section.

Please also note that names of the months in Spanish do NOT have a capital letter at the start, so it's diciembre, NOT Diciembre.

 

In Spanish, all of the months of the year are masculine, so it’s el enero, el febrero, el marzo, el abril, el mayo, el junio, el julio, el agosto, el septiembre, el octubre, el noviembre and el diciembre.

 

Imagine elephants that take a bath once a month.

Imagine elephants that take a bath once a month.

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