donde

See also:dónde

Italian

Etymology

From theVulgar Latinde unde(“from where, whence”),fromLatindē+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 veggendodondecosì prestamente come gli bisognavano avergli potesse

     not seeingwherehe [Saladin] might fetch so much money so quickly as he needed it

Ladino

Etymology

FromVulgar Latindeunde,fromde+unde.

Pronoun

donde(Latin spelling)

1. ofwhom,ofwhich,whose

Adverb

donde(Latin spelling)

1. ofwhom,ofwhich,whose

Old English

Verb

dōnde

1. presentparticipleofdōn

Portuguese

Etymology

Contractionofdeonde(“from where”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈdõ.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈdõ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈdõ.de/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈdõ.dɨ/

• Hyphenation:don‧de

Contraction

donde

1. whereof
2. whence;from where

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• donle

Adverb

donde(Cyrillic spellingдонде)

1. to that place

   Trčimo odandedonde.―We run from that place to that place.

Spanish

Etymology

Fromde(“from”)+ Old Spanishonde(“whence, from where”),fromLatinunde.

Replaced Old Spanisho(“where”),from Latinubi,although the latter survives, in a marginal way, in the formdo,which is also prefixed withde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈdonde/[ˈd̪õn̪.d̪e]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-onde
• Syllabification:don‧de
• Homophone:dónde

Adverb

donde

1. (in indirect questions)where,inwhatplace

   Deja los librosdondequieras.

   Leave the bookswhereyou want.

Conjunction

donde

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

Preposition

donde

1. by,nearto

   Estamosdondela plaza mayor.

   We'rearoundby the main square.

2. round(at the house of)

   CenamosdondeDaniel.

   We're having dinner (round) at Daniel's place.

Pronoun

donde

1. (relative)where,inwhatplace

   El lugardondeestamos es secreto.

   The placewherewe are is secret.

Derived terms

• adonde
• donde hay confianza, da asco
• dondequiera

Related terms

• dónde

Further reading

• “donde”,inDiccionario de la lengua española,Vigésima tercera edición,Real Academia Española,2014
• Joan Coromines,José A[ntonio] Pascual(1984) “donde”, inDiccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico[Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Gredos,→ISBN,page516