quando

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See also: quándo

Interlingua

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Conjunction

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quando

  1. when

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin quandō.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

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quando

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

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Conjunction

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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

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quando m (uncountable)

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

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References

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

Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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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

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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

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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[1], 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

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Etymology

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From Latin quandō.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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quando

  1. when

References

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

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Conjunction

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quando

  1. when

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese quando, from Latin quandō.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: quan‧do

Adverb

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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

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:quando.

Conjunction

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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

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:quando.

Noun

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quando m (plural quandos)

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

Descendants

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Spanish

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Adverb

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quando

  1. Obsolete form of cuando.

Conjunction

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quando

  1. Obsolete form of cuando.