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donde

See also: dónde

Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

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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 [Saladin] might fetch so much money so quickly as he needed it

Ladino

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin de unde, from de + unde.

Pronoun

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donde (Latin spelling)

  1. of whom, of which, whose

Adverb

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donde (Latin spelling)

  1. of whom, of which, whose

Old English

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Verb

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dōnde

  1. present participle of dōn

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Contraction of de onde (“from where”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: don‧de

Contraction

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donde

  1. whereof
  2. whence; from where

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Adverb

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donde (Cyrillic spelling донде)

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

Spanish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdonde/ [ˈd̪õn̪.d̪e]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -onde
  • Syllabification: don‧de
  • Homophone: dónde

Adverb

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donde

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

Conjunction

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donde

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

Preposition

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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

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donde

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

Derived terms

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Further reading

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