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
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