quando

See also: quándo

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwan.do/

Conjunction

quando

1. when

Italian

Etymology

From Latin quandō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwan.do/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ando
• Hyphenation: quàn‧do

Adverb

quando

1. when

   Quando parti? ― When will you leave?

   Da quando stai imparando il Latino? ― Since when do you learn Latin?

Derived terms

• da quando (“since [when]”)

Conjunction

quando

1. when

   Si partirà quando sarai pronta. ― We will leave when you're ready.

   la neve arrivò quando ce l'aspettavamo ― it snowed when we expected it

   Cosa vuoi fare quando sarai grande?

   What do you want to do when you grow up?

Noun

quando m (uncountable)

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

   Synonyms: circostanza, momento, tempo, occasione, attimo

Derived terms

• di quando in quando (“sometimes”)

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷan.doː/, [ˈkʷän̪d̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwan.do/, [ˈkwän̪d̪o]

• Audio (Classical)

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Adverb

quandō (not comparable)

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

   Synonyms: umquam, aliquandō, ecquandō

   sī quandō... ― if ever...

Conjunction

quandō

1. when
2. because

Derived terms

• aliquandō
• ecquandō
• quandoque

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	quis, quī	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus	is, iste, istic	hic	ille, illic	quī	quisquis, quīcumque	ipse, īdem	alter, alius
dual	uter	alteruter, uterque				uter	utercumque
number	quot	aliquot	tot			quot	quotquot, quotcumque	totidem
order	quotus		totus			quotus	quotuscumque
quantity	quam	aliquam	tam			quam	†quamquam	†tamen, †tandem
size	quantus	aliquantus	tantus			quantus	quantuscumque	tantusdem
quality	quālis	aliquālis	tālis			quālis	quālis, quāliscumque
manner	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	ita, sic, eō/istō modō	hōc modō	illō modō	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	item, itidem	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method, path, place	quā	aliquā, quāque	eā, istāc	hāc	illāc	quā	quāquā, quācumque	eādem	aliā
place	ubi	alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam	ibi, istic	hīc	illīc	ubi	ubiubi, ubicumque	ibidem	alibī, aliās
source	unde	alicunde, undeunde	inde, istinc	hinc	illinc	unde	undecumque	indidem	aliunde
destination	quō, quōrsum	aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	eō, istūc, °istōrsum	hūc, °hōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	quō	quōquō, quōcumque	eōdem	aliō, aliorsum
time	quandō	quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam	tum, tunc	num, nunc	ōlim	cum, quandō	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	simul	aliās
exact time	quota hōra		ea/ista hōra	hac hōra	illa hōra	quota hōra	quotacumque hōra	eadem hōra	altera/alia hōra
repetition	quotiēns	aliquotiēns	totiēns			quotiēns	quotiēnscumque
multiplication	quotuplex		totuplex			quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare

Descendants

• Aromanian: cãndu, cãnd
• Asturian: cuando
• Catalan: quan
• Dalmatian: cand
• → English: cue
• Franco-Provençal: quand
• French: quand
• Friulian: cuant, cuand
• Galician: cando
• → Interlingua: quando
• Italian: quando
• Megleno-Romanian: cǫn
• Mirandese: quando
• Neapolitan: quanno
• Norman: qùaund (Normandy), quaend (Guernsey)
• Occitan: quan
• Portuguese: quando
• Romanian: când
• Romansch: quant, quaunt
• Sardinian: cando, canno, candu
• Sicilian: quannu
• Spanish: cuando (obsolete quando)
• Venetian: 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’s 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) 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.

Adverb

quando

1. when

Old Spanish

Conjunction

quando

1. when

Portuguese

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese quando, from Latin quandō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɐ̃.du/

• Hyphenation: quan‧do

Adverb

quando (not comparable)

2. (interrogative) when (used in questions about time)

   Quando (eles) chegaram?

   When did they arrive?

   Esse bolo foi feito quando?

   When was this cake made?

   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, 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)

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

   The Bronze Age was the era when the civilisations appeared.

   Synonym: em que

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

Spanish

Adverb

quando

1. Obsolete form of cuando.

Conjunction

quando

1. Obsolete form of cuando.