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Asturian
Etymology
From Old Leonese desque.
Conjunction
desque
- since
- right after, just after, as soon as
Galician
Conjunction
desque
- alternative spelling of des que
Old Leonese
Conjunction
desque
- from then, since
1245, Ordinances made by the city and council of Oviedo:[...] maas de cinco cirges ye desque estos sirges foren quemados metant otros cinco...- more than five candles it's when these candles would be burnt another five should be put...
Descendants
Old Spanish
Etymology
From des + que, from Latin dē + ex, and Early Medieval Latin quid (“that (conjunction)”).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
desque
- since
c. 1275, Alfonso X,
General Estoria, primera parte , (ed. by Prieto-Borja, 2002, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares):
- El potriello desque nace fasta tres días non puede con la boca alcançar a tierra.
- A foal, from the time it is born till three days later, cannot reach the ground with its mouth.
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish desque, from des + que, from Late Latin dē ex and Latin quid respectively. Became rare and non-standard by the 18th century, displaced by después de que, desde que, ya que.
Conjunction
desque
- (obsolete) since, after
1620, Gregorio de los Ríos,
Agricultura de jardines, 2a parte p. 306, (ed. by Joaquín Fernández Pérez and Ignacio González Tascón, 1991, Madrid: CSIC - Ayuntamiento de Madrid):
- , y si el árbol es delicado, y se temen que por ser chico al invierno se le ha de elar, puédele sembrar en tiesto, y desque esté grande trasponerle en tierra.
- , and if the tree is delicate, and it is feared that due to being small the winter may freeze it, you may plant it in a pot, and after it grows big transplant it into the ground.
1788, Tomás de Iriarte,
La señorita malcriada p. 356, (ed. by Russell P. Sebold, 1986, Madrid: Castalia; the passage is written in informal spoken Spanish):
- D. Gonzalo. ¿Quién da crédito a canallas?
Bartolo. Si mormuran sin conciencia...
(Tirando de la manga al Tío Pedro.)
Y hay hombres que no reparan
que al fin los amos son amos,
y las verdaes... se tragan.
Tío Pedro. Creo que la doña Ambrosia
no está muy acomodaa
desque la faltó el marido.- Don Gonzalo. Who believes scoundrels?
Bartolo. If they whisper without qualms... (Pulling Uncle Pedro's sleeve.) And there are men who don't realize that, in the end, masters are masters, and truths... should be kept quiet.
Uncle Pedro. I think that Mrs. Ambrosia is not in a very good state since she lost her husband.
- (obsolete) as, seeing that
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