miércoles
/ˈmjeɾkoles/ · B1 · noun · m
Wednesday
📅 Mercury's day: Latin dies Mercurii, like English Wednesday is Woden's day
Spanish names its weekdays after Roman gods and planets: lunes is the Moon's day, martes is Mars's, and miércoles is Mercury's. As an exclamation (¡miércoles!) it softens mierda because both start with mier-, much like shoot for the English swear word.