dacuando

Asturian

Alternative forms

• dacuandu (Western Asturias)
• dacuendu (Teberga)
• dalcuandu (Cuarto de los Valles, Valdés)
• dancuando (Lena)

Etymology

de- +‎ alcuando, with the loss of the l in most dialects

Adverb

dacuando

1. ever, once

   ¿Dacuando me viestis facer eso?

   Have you ever seen me doing that?

   • 19th century, Teodoro Cuesta, Recuerdo histórico‎^[1]:

     Hubo dacuando un rey tan muyeriegu

     there was once a king so womanizing

   • 1908, Félix López del Vallado, Cartes del Estoyu‎^[2]:

     y non te esmuelgues en pensar que dacuando fó otra cosa !

     and do not bother thinking it was ever anything else !

2. occasionally, once in a while, from time to time
3. since when

Related terms

• cuando
• alcuando