Interlingua

Conjunction

quando

1. when

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkwando]

Etymology

From Latin quandō.^[1]

Adverb

quando

1. when

Conjunction

quando

1. when

Related terms

• di quando in quando

References

1. ↑ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Latin

Etymology

From the Latin adverb quam ‎(“how”) and the Latin preposition *dō ‎(“until”), as in Latin dōnec, Old Church Slavonic до ‎(do) and Proto-Germanic *tō.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷan.doː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwan.do/

Adverb

quandō ‎(not comparable)

1. (interrogative) "When?"
2. (relative) "When".

Conjunction

quandō

1. when
2. because

Derived terms

• aliquandō
• ecquandō

Descendants

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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “quando”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• quando in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

1. ↑ “quando” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin quandō.

Adverb

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 Portuguese quando, from Latin quandō.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɐ̃.du/
• Hyphenation: quan‧do

Adverb

quando (not comparable)

1. (interrogative) when (used in questions about time)
   • 2000, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), Rocco, page 217:

     Quando tiver uma dúvida, vá à biblioteca.

     When you are in doubt, go to the library.

   Quando (eles) chegaram?‎

   When did they arrive?

   Esse bolo foi feito quando?‎

   When was this cake made?

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:quando.

Conjunction

quando

1. when (at such time)

   Fico feliz quando encontro um bom livro.‎

   I become happy when I find a good book.

2. 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 usage examples of this term, see Citations:quando.

Pronoun

quando

1. when (during which)

   A Idade do Bronze foi a era quando as civilizações surgiram.‎

   The Bronze Age was the era when the civilisations appeared.

Synonyms

• em que

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:quando.

Noun

quando m (plural quandos)

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

Synonyms

• hora

Descendants

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

Spanish

Adverb

quando

1. Obsolete form of cuando.

Conjunction

quando

1. Obsolete form of cuando.