dende

See also: dendé, dendê, and dəndə

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin deinde. Cognate with the obsolete Asturian, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish dende.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdende/
• Syllabification: den‧de
• Rhymes: -ende

Preposition

dende

1. from (indicates the origin or initiation of an activity, either in space or time)

   Vien dende casa suya china-chana cada día

   he comes from his house walking (slowly) everyday

2. since

   Vive con yo dende enguán

   (she/he) lives with me since this year.

Asturian

Alternative forms

• desde
• derde
• dencá
• dendecá

Etymology

From Latin deinde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdende/ [ˈd̪ẽn̪.d̪e]
• Rhymes: -ende
• Syllabification: den‧de

Preposition

dende

1. from (indicates the origin or initiation of an activity, either in space or time)
2. since

Derived terms

• dendanantes
• dendellá
• dendellí
• dendequí

Galician

Alternative forms

• desde

Etymology

From Latin deinde. Cognate with Spanish desde.

Preposition

dende

1. from (indicates the origin or initiation of an activity, either in space or time)
2. since

Gullah

Alternative forms

• 'dende

Etymology

Borrowed from Kimbundu ndénde (“oil palm tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /den.de/

Noun

dende

1. oil

References

• Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin deinde.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdẽ.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdẽ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdẽ.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdẽ.dɨ/

• Hyphenation: den‧de

Adverb

dende

1. (obsolete) contraction of de +‎ ende

   Synonym: daí

See also

• dendê

Further reading

• “dende”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “dende”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “dende”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdende/ [ˈd̪ẽn̪.d̪e]
• Rhymes: -ende
• Syllabification: den‧de

Preposition

dende

1. obsolete form of desde

Further reading

• “dende”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025