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See also: quándo

Interlingua

Pronunciation

Conjunction

quando

  1. when

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quandō.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

quando

  1. when
    Quando parti?
    When will you leave?
    (literally, “When do you leave?”)
    Chissà quando
    Who knows when

Conjunction

quando

  1. when
    Hanno pianto tutti quando è partito ― Everyone cried when he departed
  2. (with da) since, since when, ever since
    È rimasto lì da quando è arrivato ― He stayed there since he has arrived

Noun

quando m (invariable)

  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
  2. ^ quando in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adverb

quandō̆

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

Latin correlatives (edit)
type demonstrative anaphoric identity interrogative/
relative		 indefinite negative other
proximal medial distal relative indefinite free choice universal negative polarity
basic hic iste, istic ille, illic is ipse, īdem quis/quī quisquis, quīcumque quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam quīvis, quīlibet quisque quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam nēmō, nihil, nūllus alius
dual uter utercumque alteruter utervīs, uterlibet uterque neuter alter
place hīc istīc illīc ibī̆ ibī̆dem ubī̆ ubiubi, ubī̆cumque alicubī, uspiam ubivīs, ubilibet ubīque usquam nusquam, nūllibī alibī, aliās
source hinc istinc illinc inde indidem unde undecumque, undeunde alicunde °undelibet undique aliunde
destination hūc, °hōrsum istūc, °istōrsum illūc, °illōrsum eō eōdem quō, quōrsum quōquō, quōcumque aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum quōvīs, quōlibet quōquam nusquam, nūllōrsum aliō, aliōrsum
method,
means,
path,
place 		hāc istāc illāc eā eādem quā quāquā, quācumque aliquā quāvīs, quālibet quāque °quāquam nēquāquam, haudquāquam aliā
manner hōc modō istō modō illō modō ita, sīc,
eō modō		 item, itidem ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō quōmodolibet utīque ūllō modō nūllō modō aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time num, nunc ōlim tum, tunc simul quandō, ‡cum cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque quondam, aliquandō quandōlibet quandōque umquam numquam aliās
quantity tam †tamen, †tandem quam †quamquam aliquam quamvīs, quamlibet
size tantus tantusdem quantus quantuscumque aliquantus quantusvīs, quantuslibet
quality tālis quālis quālis, quāliscumque aliquālis quālislibet
number tot totidem quot quotquot, quotcumque aliquot quotlibet
order totus quotus quotuscumque aliquotus quotuslibet
repetition totiēns quotiēns quotiēnscumque aliquotiēns quotiēnslibet
multiplication totuplex quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimilated
° Rare
‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 181

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin quandō.

Pronunciation

Adverb

quando

  1. when

References

Ferreira, Amadeu, Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona (2003–2022) “quando”, in Dicionário de Mirandês-Português .

Old Spanish

Conjunction

quando

  1. when

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese quando, from Latin quandō.

Pronunciation

  • (Minho) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃(n).du/, /ˈkã(n).du/
  • Hyphenation: quan‧do

Adverb

quando (not comparable)

  2. (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?
  4. 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

  2. when (at such time)
    Fico feliz quando encontro um bom livro.
    I become happy when I find a good book.
  3. 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)

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

Descendants

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwando/
  • Rhymes: -ando
  • Syllabification: quan‧do

Adverb

quando

  1. obsolete form of cuando

Conjunction

quando

  1. obsolete form of cuando
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