quando

See also: quándo

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwan.do/

Conjunction

quando

1. when

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quandō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwan.do/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ando
• Hyphenation: quàn‧do

Adverb

quando

1. when

   Quando parti?

   When will you leave?

   (literally, “When do you leave?”)

   Chissà quando

   Who knows when

Conjunction

quando

1. when

   Hanno pianto tutti quando è partito ― Everyone cried when he departed

2. (with da) since, since when, ever since

   È rimasto lì da quando è arrivato ― He stayed there since [when] he has arrived

Noun

quando m (invariable)

1. when, moment (a point or period in time)

   Synonyms: circostanza, momento, tempo, occasione, attimo

Derived terms

• di quando in quando (“sometimes”)

Further reading

• quando in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• quando in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “quando”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷan.doː], [ˈkʷan.dɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷan.do]

Adverb

quandō̆

1. (interrogative) "When?"
2. (relative) "When".
3. (indefinite) ever, at any time, at some time, some day (especially following sī, num or ne)

   Synonyms: umquam, aliquandō, ecquandō

   sī quandō... ― if ever...

Conjunction

quandō

1. (time) when, now that, since, as

   Synonym: cum

   • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 818:

     CRĪTŌ: Dūc mē ad eam, quandō hūc vēnī, ut videam.

     (temporal interpretation:) CRITO: Now that I have come here, take me to her, so that I may see [her].
     (causal interpretation:) CRITO: Lead me to her, since I came here to see [her].

2. (causal) since, inasmuch as, seeing that, because

   Synonyms: sīquidem, quandōquidem

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneid 4.315:

     “quandō aliud mihi iam miserae nihil ipsa relīquī”

     “since now I have left nothing else for my wretched self”

Derived terms

• aliquandō
• ecquandō
• quandoque

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	demonstrative			realis		irrealis		interrogative				indefinite					alternative
	proximal	medial	distal	anaphoric	identity	conditional	negative		indefinite	irrelative / emphatic	relative		irrelative	free choice	universal	negative polarity
basic	hic	iste istic	ille illic	is	ipse īdem	sīquis	nēquisquam nēmō̆ nihil nūllus	numquis	ecquis ecquī ecquisnam ecquīnam	quisnam quīnam	quis quī	quisquis quīcumque	quīdam aliquis, quis aliquī, quī quispiam	quīvis quīlibet	quisque	quisquam ūllus	alius
comparative	huiusmodī huiuscemodī	istī̆usmodī	illī̆usmodī	eiusmodī	eiusdemmodī	sīcuiusmodī	nēcuiusquammodī	numcuiusmodī		cuiusnammodī	cuiusmodī	cuiusmodīcumque	alicuiusmodī cuiusdammodī	cuiusvīsmodī	cuiusquemodī	cuiusquammodī	alterī̆usmodī
dual							neuter			uternam	uter	utercumque	alteruter	utervīs uterlibet	uterque		alter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem	sīcubī	nusquam nūllibī			ubinam	ubī̆	ubī̆cumque ubiubī̆	alicubī̆ uspiam	ubivīs ubilibet	ubīque	usquam	alibī aliās
source	hinc	ºistim istinc	ºillim illinc	inde	indidem	sīcunde	°nūllunde			undenam	ºcum unde	undecumque undeunde	alicunde	°undelibet	undique	°undiquam	aliunde
destination	hūc hōc °hōrsum	istūc istōc °istōrsum	illūc illōc °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	sīquō	nusquam °nūllōrsum	numquō	ecquō	quōnam	quō quōrsum	quōcumque quōquō °quōrsumcumque	aliquō quōpiam °aliquōvorsum	quōvīs quōlibet	quōque	quōquam	aliō aliōrsum
means, way, path, place	hāc	istāc	illāc	eā	eādem	sīquā	nēquāquam haudquāquam	numquā	ecquā	quānam	quā	quācumque quāquā	aliquā	quāvīs quālibet	quāque	°quāquam ūllā	aliā
distance	hāctenus	°istātenus °istāctenus	°illātenus °illāctenus	eātenus			nūllātenus		°ecquātenus	°quātenusnam	quātenus	°quātenuscumque °quāquātenus	aliquātenus quādantenus	°quātenusvīs °quātenuslibet		ūllātenus	aliātenus
reason	°hācpropter °hōccircā	°istāpropter	°illāpropter	eāpropter eōcircā			°nullāpropter °nullōcircā				cūr quāpropter quōcircā quārē		°quādampropter		°quōquecircā		°aliāpropter
manner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita sīc eō modō	item itidem	sīquī	nihil nihilō neutiquam °neutī̆que nēquīquam nē quidem nūllō modō	numquī	ecquī	utinam	ut prout quī quō modō quōmodo quemadmodum quiter quārē	utcumque utut proutcumque quōmodocumque °quemadmodumcumque	quī quōdam modō aliquō modō	quōmodolibet	utīque	°utiquam °quīquam ūllō modō	aliter aliōquī alterō/aliō modō
time	†num nunc		ōlim	tum tunc	simul	sīquandō̆	numquam	°numquandō̆	ecquandō̆	quandōnam	quandō̆ ‡cum	quandōcumque quandōque cumque °quandōnē °quandōquandō °cumcumque	quondam aliquandō̆	°quandōlibet	quandōque	umquam	aliās
quantity				tam	†tamen †tandem						quam	quamcumque †quamquam	aliquam	quamvīs quamlibet	quamque
size				tantus	tantusdem							quantus	quantuscumque quantusquantus	aliquantus	quantusvīs quantuslibet	quantusque
quality				tālis					°ecquālis	quālisnam	quālis	quāliscumque quālisquālis	aliquālis	quālislibet	quālisque
number				tot	totidem					°quotnam °quotinam	quot	quotquot quotcumque	aliquot	quotlibet
order/fractional				totus							quotus	°quotuscumque	°aliquotus	°quotuslibet	°quotusque °quotusquisque
repetition				totiēns			nullotiēns				quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns	quotiēnslibet	quotiēnsque °quotiēnsquisque
multiplication				totuplex							quotuplex
proportion				°totuplus							quotuplus
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat changed ° Rare ‡ Only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative.

Descendants

• Aromanian: cãndu, cãnd, chend, kend
• Asturian: cuando
• Catalan: quan
• Dalmatian: cand
• → English: cue
• Franco-Provençal: quand
• French: quand
• Friulian: cuant, cuand
• Galician: cando, cuando
• → Interlingua: quando
• Italian: quando
• Megleno-Romanian: cǫn
• Mirandese: quando
• Mozarabic: כנד (knd)
• Neapolitan: quanno
• Norman: qùaund (Normandy), quaend (Guernsey)
• Occitan: quan
• Portuguese: quando, cando
• Romanian: când
• Romansh: quant, quaunt
• Sardinian: cando, canno, candu
• Sicilian: quannu
• Spanish: cuando (obsolete quando)
• Venetan: cuando

References

• “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, 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 (16 July 2016 (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

Etymology

From Latin quandō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɐ̃du/ [ˈkwɐ̃.d̪u]
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃du

Adverb

quando

1. when

Conjunction

quando

1. when

References

• Ferreira, Amadeu; Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona (2003–2022), “quando”, in Dicionário de Mirandês-Português [Mirandese-Portuguese Dictionary].
• Moisés, Pires (2004), “quando”, in Pequeno vocabulário Mirandês-Português [Small Mirandese-Portuguese Vocabulary], 2nd edition, Miranda do Douro: Câmara Municipal de Miranda do Douro, published 2019, →ISBN, page 419.

Old Spanish

Conjunction

quando

1. when

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• quãdo (obsolete, abbreviation)
• cuando (obsolete, uncommon)
• coando (obsolete, uncommon)
• quanu (eye dialect, Northeast Brazil)
• quano (eye dialect, Northeast Brazil)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese quando, from Latin quandō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɐ̃.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɐ̃.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɐ̃.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɐ̃.du/

• (Minho) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃(n).du/, /ˈkã(n).du/

• Audio (Brazil (São Paulo)):

  (file)

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: quan‧do

Adverb

quando (not comparable)

2. (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?

   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets] (Harry Potter; 2), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 217:

     Quando tiver uma dúvida, vá à biblioteca.

     When you are in doubt, go to the library.

4. 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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:quando.

Conjunction

quando

2. when (at such time)

   Fico feliz quando encontro um bom livro.

   I become happy when I find a good book.

3. when (whilst on the contrary)

   Gastamos nosso dinheiro quando deveríamos tê-lo economizado.

   We spent our money when we should have saved it.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:quando.

Noun

quando m (plural quandos)

2. (chiefly poetic) when (a point or period in time)

   Synonym: hora

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: kuandu
• Indo-Portuguese: can', quando
• Kabuverdianu: kántu, kuándu
• Principense: kanu

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwando/ [ˈkwãn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ando
• Syllabification: quan‧do

Adverb

quando

1. obsolete form of cuando

Conjunction

quando

1. obsolete form of cuando