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By Lingobi, Published on 11/28/2025
Even though Black Friday is an English term, it has become a global shopping event - and the Spanish-speaking world uses the name almost exactly the same way. If you travel to Mexico, Colombia, Chile, or Argentina in November, you won’t see translations like “Viernes Negro.” Instead, stores keep the English name because it’s more recognizable for marketing.
As an English speaker learning Spanish, this is actually good news: the name doesn’t change, but the vocabulary around it does. You’ll hear Spanish phrases mixed naturally with the English event name, like “ofertas de Black Friday” or “descuentos por Black Friday.”
Black Friday is used exactly as a proper noun. The structure stays in English, but everything else in the sentence comes from Spanish.
“¿Vas a aprovechar las ofertas de Black Friday?”
“Compré un televisor con un descuento enorme por Black Friday.”
“Las tiendas empiezan las promociones desde el jueves.”
Some countries also have their own local sales events, like El Buen Fin in Mexico, but Black Friday remains widely used and understood thanks to global brands and online shopping.
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Here’s practical shopping vocabulary you’ll see or hear during Black Friday in the Spanish-speaking world:
Because the event name stays in English, learning these surrounding Spanish terms helps you understand real-world ads and conversations much more naturally. The mix of English and Spanish you see in marketing is completely normal - and part of what makes Spanish in Latin America so dynamic and modern.
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