donde

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Italian

Etymology

From the Vulgar Latin de unde (“from where, whence”), from Latin dē + unde (“whence”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdon.de/
  • Rhymes: -onde
  • Hyphenation: dón‧de

Adverb

donde

  1. (archaic) whence; from where or which
    Synonym: onde
    • Decameron I:3
      né veggendo donde così prestamente come gli bisognavano avergli potesse
      not seeing where he might fetch so much money so quickly as he needed it

Ladino

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin de unde, from de + unde.

Pronoun

donde (Latin spelling)

  1. of whom, of which, whose

Adverb

donde (Latin spelling)

  1. of whom, of which, whose

Portuguese

Etymology

Contraction of de onde (“from where”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: don‧de

Contraction

donde

  1. whereof
  2. whence; from where

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Adverb

donde (Cyrillic spelling донде)

  1. to that place
    Trčimo odande donde. ― We run from that place to that place.

Spanish

Etymology

From de (“from”) + Old Spanish onde (“whence, from where”), from Latin unde.

Replaced Old Spanish o (“where”), from Latin ubi, although the latter survives, in a marginal way, in the form do, which is also prefixed with de.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdonde/
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  • Rhymes: -onde
  • Syllabification: don‧de
  • Homophone: dónde

Adverb

donde

  1. (in indirect questions) where, in what place
    Deja los libros donde quieras.
    Leave the books where you want.

Conjunction

donde

  1. (Chile, colloquial) because
  2. (Latin America, colloquial) if

Preposition

donde

  1. by, near to
    Estamos donde la plaza mayor.
    We're around by the main square.
  2. round (at the house of)
    Cenamos donde Daniel.
    We're having dinner (round) at Daniel's place.

Pronoun

donde

  1. (relative) where, in what place
    El lugar donde estamos es secreto.
    The place where we are is secret.

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