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Asturian
Pronunciation
Preposition
desde
- Alternative form of dende
Fala
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese des (“since”) + de (“of”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdesde/
- Rhymes: -esde
- Syllabification: des‧de
Preposition
desde
- 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
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese des (“since”) + de (“of”), the first element from Late Latin dē ex.
Pronunciation
Preposition
desde
- since
- from (a location)
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “desde”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “desde”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “desde”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese des (“since”) + de (“of”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
desde
- since
- desde o dia 17 de abril ― since April 17th
- desde então ― since then
- desde logo ― therefore
- desde que ― since
- não disse nada desde que chegou ― she hasn't said anything since she arrived
- from
percorremos tudo, desde o norte até o sul- we traveled everywhere, from north to south
- (condition, followed by subjunctive)
- desde que ― as long as, if
- eu vou, desde que convidem ― I'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
- since
desde que murió- since he died
- 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:
- starting at (a quantity, such as a price)
televisores desde $200- televisions starting at $200
Derived terms
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