No. 10 in Spanish

es

"Es" means "is" in English, used for third-person singular in the present tense of "to be."

In a sentence

Ella es médica.
She is a doctor.
The copula "es" is used here to indicate a profession by identifying two entities as being the same.
Este libro es interesante.
This book is interesting.
The verb "es" describes a particular quality of the subject, in this case referring to an inherent characteristic of the book.
La fiesta es el sábado.
The party is on Saturday.
Here, "es" establishes the date or time of an event, anchoring it temporally for the speaker.

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