Noon – el mediodía

(Pronounced meh-dyoh-dee-ah)

To remember that noon is pronounced meh-dyoh-dee-ah (mediodía) in Spanish, use the following mnemonic:

At noon she takes her medicine and spills it – it's all over you, dear! (mediodía)

Mediodía is masculine, so it's el mediodía. Imagine an elephant in a gun shoot-out at high noon.