Factura

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for February 10, 2009

factura - feminine noun (la) - bill, invoice. Look up factura in the dictionary

Pasaremos factura a final de mes.
We will send an invoice at the end of the month.

[laepelba]

This may be off the topic (of the word of the day), but does "de mes" imply "end of the month"? Does that apply, generally, to most time frames? For example, can I say "de año" for end of the year? Is there a similar phrase that indicates beginning or middle of a time frame? Why, then, do we say "fin de semana"?

[sosia]

principios de la semana
principios del mes
principios del año
mitad de la semana
mitad de mes/mitad del mes
mitad del año
fin de semana/fin de la semana
fin de mes/fin del mes
fin de año/ fin del año
Saludos

[laepelba]

Thanks for those sayings, Sosia. But does "de mes" IMPLY "end of the month"?

[poli]

No, de mes means of the month. Fin de mes means end of the month.

[laepelba]

So why isn't the sentence "Pasaremos factura a fin de mes." I thought that "factura a final" was a special kind of invoice...... Or is it and I'm still missing something........??????????

[tacuba]

Originally Posted by laepelba

So why isn't the sentence "Pasaremos factura a fin de mes." I thought that "factura a final" was a special kind of invoice...... Or is it and I'm still missing something........??????????

I'm pretty sure the "final" is referring to the month and not the invoice. If it referred to the invoice as an adjective it would be "factura final" not "factura a final".

[Rusty]

Both "a fin de mes" and "a final de mes" mean "at the end of the month."

[poli]

Factura is a generic word for pastry in Argentina.

[laepelba]

Okay - thanks ya'll. I am not so confused any more.... Maybe I ought to stop trying to read and understand the word of the day at 4:30am when it first comes out anyway - I might actually understand it better later on.