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See also: Cando, candó, and can-do

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese quando, from Latin quandō.

Adverb

cando

  1. (interrogative) when

Conjunction

cando

  1. when

Etymology 2

Candos near Pena Trevinca

From older candano, from a substrate language, from Proto-Celtic *kando-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kand- (to shine, glow); compare Latin candeō (glow) and Ancient Greek κάνδαρος (kándaros, charcoal).

Cognate with Asturian cándanu.

Noun

cando m (plural candos)

  1. dry or partially burnt twig used as firewood
    Synonyms: cádavo, cándaro
Derived terms

References

  • cando” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • cando” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • cando” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • cando” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • cando” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Martínez Lema, Paulo (2010) A toponimia das comarcas de Bergantiños, Fisterra, Soneira e Xallas na documentación do tombo de Toxos Outos (séculos XII-XIV), Santiago de Compostela: USC, retrieved 25 September 2018, page 308.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

cando

  1. nominative singular of canda (moon)

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin quandō.

Pronunciation

Adverb

cando

  1. (interrogative) when

Conjunction

cando

  1. when

Derived terms

Spanish

Verb

cando

  1. first-person singular present indicative of candar