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

Adverb

quandō (not comparable)

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

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

   Synonyms: sīquidem, quandōquidem

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, 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			anaphoric	identity	interrogative/ relative	indefinite					negative	other
	proximal	medial	distal				relative	indefinite	free choice	universal	negative polarity
basic	hic	iste, istic	ille, illic	is	ipse, īdem	quis/quī	quisquis, quīcumque	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam	quīvis, quīlibet	quisque	quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam	nēmō, nihil, nūllus	alius
dual						uter	utercumque	alteruter	utervīs, uterlibet	uterque		neuter	alter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem	ubī̆	ubiubi, ubī̆cumque	alicubī, uspiam	ubivīs, ubilibet	ubīque	usquam	nusquam, nūllibī	alibī, aliās
source	hinc	istinc	illinc	inde	indidem	unde	undecumque, undeunde	alicunde	°undelibet	undique			aliunde
destination	hūc, °hōrsum	istūc, °istōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	quō, quōrsum	quōquō, quōcumque	aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	quōvīs, quōlibet		quōquam	nusquam, nūllōrsum	aliō, aliōrsum
method, means, path, place	hāc	istāc	illāc	eā	eādem	quā	quāquā, quācumque	aliquā	quāvīs, quālibet	quāque		nēquāquam, haudquāquam	aliā
manner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita, sīc, eō modō	item, itidem	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	quōmodolibet	utīque	ūllō modō	nūllō modō	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time	num, nunc		ōlim	tum, tunc	simul	quandō, ‡cum	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	quondam, aliquandō	quandōlibet	quandōque	umquam	numquam	aliās
quantity				tam	†tamen, †tandem	quam	†quamquam	aliquam	quamvīs, quamlibet
size				tantus	tantusdem	quantus	quantuscumque	aliquantus	quantusvīs, quantuslibet
quality				tālis		quālis	quālis, quāliscumque	aliquālis	quālislibet
number				tot	totidem	quot	quotquot, quotcumque	aliquot	quotlibet
order				totus		quotus	quotuscumque	aliquotus	quotuslibet
repetition				totiēns		quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns	quotiēnslibet
multiplication				totuplex		quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° 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
• → Interlingua: quando
• Italian: quando
• Megleno-Romanian: cǫn
• Mirandese: quando
• Mozarabic: כנד (knd)
• 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)
• 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’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 (2016 July 16 (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): /ˈkwɐ̃.du/

Adverb

quando

1. when

References

“quando” in Amadeu Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona Ferreira, Dicionário Mirandês-Português, 1st edition, 2004.

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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷɐ̃.du/

• 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

Spanish

Adverb

quando

1. Obsolete form of cuando.

Conjunction

quando

1. Obsolete form of cuando.