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See also: quándo

Interlingua

Pronunciation

Conjunction

quando

  1. when

Italian

Etymology

From Latin quandō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwan.do/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ando
  • Hyphenation: quàn‧do

Adverb

quando

  1. when
    Quando parti?When will you leave?
    Da quando stai imparando il Latino?Since when do you learn Latin?

Derived terms

Conjunction

quando

  1. when
    Si partirà quando sarai pronta.We will leave when you're ready.
    la neve arrivò quando ce l'aspettavamoit snowed when we expected it
    Cosa vuoi fare quando sarai grande?
    What do you want to do when you grow up?

Noun

quando m (uncountable)

  1. when, moment (a point or period in time)
    Synonyms: circostanza, momento, tempo, occasione, attimo

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Latin

Etymology

Univerbation of quam (how, as) +‎ *dō (then, until), the second part being from Proto-Indo-European *doh₁, instrumental of *de.

Pronunciation

Adverb

quandō (not comparable)

  1. (interrogative) "When?"
  2. (relative) "When".
  3. (indefinite) ever, at any time, at some time, some day (especially following , num or ne)
    Synonyms: umquam, aliquandō, ecquandō
    quandō...if ever...

Conjunction

quandō

  1. (time) when, now that, since, as
    Synonym: cum
  2. (causal) since, inasmuch as, seeing that, because
    Synonyms: sīquidem, quandōquidem
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.315:
      quandō aliud mihi iam miserae nihil ipsa relīquī”
      since now I have left nothing else for my wretched self”

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

  • quando”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quando”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quando in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • quando in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • quando in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 181

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin quandō.

Pronunciation

Adverb

quando

  1. when

References

“quando” in Amadeu Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona Ferreira, Dicionário Mirandês-Português, 1st edition, 2004.

Old Spanish

Conjunction

quando

  1. when

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • quãdo (obsolete, abbreviation)
  • cuando (obsolete, uncommon)
  • coando (obsolete, uncommon)
  • quanu (eye dialect, Northeast Brazil)
  • quano (eye dialect, Northeast Brazil)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese quando, from Latin quandō.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: quan‧do

Adverb

quando (not comparable)

  1. (interrogative) when (used in questions about time)
    Quando (é que) eles chegaram?
    When did they arrive?
    Este bolo foi feito quando?
    When was this cake made?
  2. when (during which)
    Synonym: em que
    A Idade do Bronze foi a era quando as civilizações surgiram.
    The Bronze Age was the era when the civilisations appeared.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:quando.

Conjunction

quando

  1. when (at such time)
    Fico feliz quando encontro um bom livro.
    I become happy when I find a good book.
  2. when (whilst on the contrary)
    Gastamos nosso dinheiro quando deveríamos tê-lo economizado.
    We spent our money when we should have saved it.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:quando.

Noun

quando m (plural quandos)

  1. (chiefly poetic) when (a point or period in time)
    Synonym: hora

Descendants

Spanish

Adverb

quando

  1. Obsolete form of cuando.

Conjunction

quando

  1. Obsolete form of cuando.