desque
See also: dès que and des que
Asturian
Conjunction
desque
- since
- right after, just after
Galician
Conjunction
desque
- alternative spelling of des que
Old Spanish
Etymology
From des + que, from Latin dē + ex, and Early Medieval Latin quid (“that (conjunction)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdeske/
Conjunction
desque
- since
- c. 1275, Alfonso X, General Estoria, primera parte , (ed. by Prieto-Borja, 2002, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares):
- El potriello desque nace fasta tres días non puede con la boca alcançar a tierra.
- A foal, from the time it is born till three days later, cannot reach the ground with its mouth.
- El potriello desque nace fasta tres días non puede con la boca alcançar a tierra.
Descendants
- Spanish: desque
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish desque, from des + que, from Latin dē + ex, and Early Medieval Latin quid (“that (conjunction)”). Became rare and non-standard by the 18th century, displaced by después de que, desde que, ya que.
Conjunction
desque
- (obsolete) since, after
- 1620, Gregorio de los Ríos, Agricultura de jardines, 2a parte p. 306, (ed. by Joaquín Fernández Pérez and Ignacio González Tascón, 1991, Madrid: CSIC - Ayuntamiento de Madrid):
- […] , y si el árbol es delicado, y se temen que por ser chico al invierno se le ha de elar, puédele sembrar en tiesto, y desque esté grande trasponerle en tierra.
- […] , and if the tree is delicate, and it is feared that due to being small the winter may freeze it, you may plant it in a pot, and after it grows big transplant it into the ground.
- […] , y si el árbol es delicado, y se temen que por ser chico al invierno se le ha de elar, puédele sembrar en tiesto, y desque esté grande trasponerle en tierra.
- 1788, Tomás de Iriarte, La señorita malcriada p. 356, (ed. by Russell P. Sebold, 1986, Madrid: Castalia; the passage is written in informal spoken Spanish):
- D. Gonzalo. ¿Quién da crédito a canallas?
Bartolo. Si mormuran sin conciencia...
(Tirando de la manga al Tío Pedro.)
Y hay hombres que no reparan
que al fin los amos son amos,
y las verdaes... se tragan.
Tío Pedro. Creo que la doña Ambrosia
no está muy acomodaa
desque la faltó el marido.- Don Gonzalo. Who believes scoundrels?
Bartolo. If they whisper without qualms... (Pulling Uncle Pedro's sleeve.) And there are men who don't realize that, in the end, masters are masters, and truths... should be kept quiet.
Uncle Pedro. I think that Mrs. Ambrosia is not in a very good state since she lost her husband.
- Don Gonzalo. Who believes scoundrels?
- D. Gonzalo. ¿Quién da crédito a canallas?
- (obsolete) as, seeing that
Further reading
- “desque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014