desde

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Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdesde/,
  • Rhymes: -esde
  • Hyphenation: des‧de

Preposition

desde

  1. Alternative form of dende

Fala

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese des (since) + de (of).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdesde/
  • Rhymes: -esde
  • Syllabification: des‧de

Preposition

desde

  1. since (from a certain time onwards)
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme II, Chapter 4: As Ordinis Militaris:
      Algu que está bastanti claro históricamenti é que o riu Ellas, en esta nossa Transerra, foi desde os principios da Reconquista fronteira practicamente inamuvibli entre o incipienti Portogal i o reinu de León i Castilla-león dispois.
      Something which is quite clear historically is that the Eljas river, in our Transerra, has been since the beginning of the Reconquista a practically immovable border between the incipient Portugal and the kingdom of Leon and later Castille-Leon.

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese des (since) + de (of), the first element from Late Latin dē ex.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdesde/
  • Rhymes: -esde
  • Hyphenation: des‧de

Preposition

desde

  1. since
  2. from (a location)

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese des (since) + de (of).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: des‧de

Preposition

desde

  1. since
    desde o dia 17 de abrilsince April 17th
    desde entãosince then
    desde logotherefore
    desde quesince
    não disse nada desde que chegoushe hasn't said anything since she arrived
  2. from
    percorremos tudo, desde o norte até o sul
    we traveled everywhere, from north to south
  3. (condition, followed by subjunctive)
    desde queas long as, if
    eu vou, desde que convidemI'll go, as long as they invite me

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From older des +‎ de, the former from Late Latin dē ex. Displaced Latin deinde, which would have yielded dende.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdesde/
  • Rhymes: -esde
  • Syllabification: des‧de

Preposition

desde

  1. since
    desde que murió
    since he died
  2. from (a location)
    Synonyms: de, del
    Empieza desde la línea 20.
    Start from line 20.
    • Pablo Neruda, "Me gustas cuando callas"
      Y me oyes desde lejos, y mi voz no te alcanza:
      And you hear me from afar, and my voice does not reach you:
  3. starting at (a quantity, such as a price)
    televisores desde $200
    televisions starting at $200

Derived terms

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