quando

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwan.do/

quando

1. when

Inherited from Latin quandō.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwan.do/^[2]

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• Rhymes: -ando
• Hyphenation: quàn‧do

quando

1. when

   Quando parti?

   When will you leave?

   (literally, “When do you leave?”)

   Chissà quando

   Who knows when

quando

1. when

   Hanno pianto tutti quando è partito ― Everyone cried when he departed

2. (with da) since, since when, ever since

   È rimasto lì da quando è arrivato ― He stayed there since [when] he has arrived

quando m (invariable)

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

   Synonyms: circostanza, momento, tempo, occasione, attimo

• di quando in quando (“sometimes”)

• quando in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• quando in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “quando”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷan.doː], [ˈkʷan.dɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷan̪.d̪o]

quandō̆

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...

quandō

1. (time) when, now that, since, as

   Synonym: cum

   • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 818:

     CRĪTŌ: Dūc mē ad eam, quandō hūc vēnī, ut videam.

     (temporal interpretation:) CRITO: Now that I have come here, take me to her, so that I may see [her].
     (causal interpretation:) CRITO: Lead me to her, since I came here to see [her].

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”

• aliquandō
• ecquandō
• quandoque

• “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 (16 July 2016 (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

From Latin quandō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɐ̃.du/

quando

1. when

Ferreira, Amadeu, Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona (2003–2022) “quando”, in Dicionário de Mirandês-Português [Mirandese-Portuguese Dictionary].

quando

1. when

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

From Old Galician-Portuguese quando, from Latin quandō.

• (Minho) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃(n).du/, /ˈkã(n).du/
• Hyphenation: quan‧do

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.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:quando.

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.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:quando.

quando m (plural quandos)

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

   Synonym: hora

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwando/ [ˈkwãn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ando
• Syllabification: quan‧do

quando

1. obsolete form of cuando

quando

1. obsolete form of cuando