donde
See also: dónde
Italian
Etymology
From the Vulgar Latin de unde (“from where, whence”), from Latin dē + unde (“whence”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdon.de/
- Rhymes: -onde
- Hyphenation: dón‧de
Adverb
donde
- (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
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin de unde, from de + unde.
Pronoun
donde (Latin spelling)
- of whom, of which, whose
Adverb
donde (Latin spelling)
- of whom, of which, whose
Portuguese
Etymology
Contraction of de onde (“from where”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdõ.d͡ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdõ.de/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdõ.d(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: don‧de
Contraction
donde
- whereof
- whence; from where
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- donle
Adverb
donde (Cyrillic spelling донде)
- to that place
- Trčimo odande donde.
- We run from that place to that place.
Spanish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈdonde/ [ˈd̪õn̪.d̪e]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -onde
- Syllabification: don‧de
- Homophone: dónde
Adverb
donde
- (in indirect questions) where, in what place
- Deja los libros donde quieras.
- Leave the books where you want.
Conjunction
donde
- (Chile, colloquial) because
- (Latin America, colloquial) if
Preposition
donde
- by, near to
- Estamos donde la plaza mayor.
- We're around by the main square.
- round (at the house of)
- Cenamos donde Daniel.
- We're having dinner (round) at Daniel's place.
Pronoun
donde
- (relative) where, in what place
- El lugar donde estamos es secreto.
- The place where we are is secret.
Derived terms
- adonde
- dondequiera
Related terms
- dónde
Further reading
- “donde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “donde”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 516