donde

See also: dónde

Italian

Etymology

Derived 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

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

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Ladino

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin de unde, from de + unde.

Pronoun

donde (Latin spelling)

1. of whom, of which, whose

Adverb

donde (Latin spelling)

1. of whom, of which, whose

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Portuguese

Etymology

Contraction of de onde (“from where”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdõ.dɨ/
• Hyphenation: don‧de

Contraction

donde

1. whereof
2. whence; from where

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• donle

Adverb

donde (Cyrillic spelling донде)

1. to that place

   Trčimo odande donde.

   We run from that place to that place.

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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]
• Hyphenation: don‧de

• Audio:

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• Homophone: dónde

Adverb

donde

1. (in indirect questions) where, in what place

   Deja los libros donde quieras.

   Leave the books where you want.

Conjunction

donde

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

Preposition

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

donde

1. (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[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “donde”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Gredos, →ISBN, page 516