Days of the week in Bulgarian

Imagine being able to make appointments, schedule meetings, or plan weekend getaways in Bulgarian — without needing to stop and look up a single word. Knowing the days of the week is more than just memorizing seven terms. It’s a small but powerful step toward real-life fluency.

In this short but essential Bulgarian lesson, you’ll learn how to say each day of the week, how to talk about the week itself, and how to use these words in everyday contexts. From понеделник (Monday) to неделя (Sunday), you’ll see how the structure of the Bulgarian language reveals itself in simple but fascinating ways.

Below you’ll find two vocabulary tables. The first shows the Bulgarian names of the days with audio support. The second offers useful phrases and expressions that will help you use these words naturally in conversation.

Bulgarian days of the week

Monday

понеделник

Tuesday

вторник

Wednesday

сряда

Thursday

четвъртък

Friday

петък

Saturday

събота

Sunday

неделя

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понеделник

Useful Words and Expressions

day

ден

morning

сутрин

today

днес

tomorrow

утре

yesterday

вчера

week

седмица

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ден

To say “on Monday” or “on Sunday” in Bulgarian, you typically use the preposition в (v) before the day: for example, в понеделник means “on Monday”. This structure is used to talk about plans, routines, and events.