donde

See also: dónde

Italian

Etymology

From the Vulgar Latin de unde (“from where, whence”), from Latin dē + unde (“whence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdon.de/
• Rhymes: -onde
• Hyphenation: dón‧de

Adverb

donde

1. (archaic) whence; from where or which

   Synonym: onde

   • Decameron I:3

     sopravvenutogli bisognandogli una buona quantitá di denari, né veggendo donde così prestamente come gli bisognavano avergli potesse

     not seeing where he [Saladin] might fetch so much money so quickly as he needed it

Ladino

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin de unde, from de + unde.

Pronoun

donde (Hebrew spelling דונדה)

1. of whom, of which, whose

Adverb

donde

1. of whom, of which, whose

Old English

Verb

dōnde

1. present participle of dōn

Portuguese

Etymology

Contraction of de +‎ onde, literally “from where”.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdõ.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdõ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdõ.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdõ.dɨ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: don‧de

Contraction

donde

1. (adverb, obsolete) synonym of onde

   Donde ele está?

   Where is he?

2. (adverb) whence; from where

   Synonym: (especially in Brazil) de onde

   Ninguém viu donde ele veio.

   No one saw where he came from.

3. (conjunction) whence

   Synonym: (especially in Brazil) daí

   Ela perdeu inteiramente o juízo, donde as asneiras que tem feito.

   She's completely lost her mind, whence the stupid things she's been doing.

Usage notes

See usage notes at onde. This contraction is not frequently used in Brazil.

Derived terms

• donde quer que

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• donle

Adverb

donde (Cyrillic spelling донде)

1. to that place

   Trčimo odande donde. ― We run from that place to that place.

Spanish

Etymology

From de (“from”) + Old Spanish onde (“whence, from where”), from Latin unde.

Replaced Old Spanish o (“where”), from Latin ubi, although the latter survives, in a marginal way, in the form do, which is also prefixed with de.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (adverb) /ˈdonde/ [ˈd̪õn̪.d̪e]

  • Audio:

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -onde
  • Syllabification: don‧de
  • Homophone: dónde
• IPA^(key): (conjunction, preposition, pronoun) /donde/ [d̪õn̪.d̪e]
  • Rhymes: -onde

Adverb

donde

1. (in indirect questions) where, in what place

   Deja los libros donde quieras.

   Leave the books where you want.

2. (archaic, obsolete) whence

Conjunction

donde

1. (Chile, colloquial) because
2. (Latin America, colloquial) if

Preposition

donde

1. by, near to

   Estamos donde la plaza mayor.

   We're around by the main square.

2. (colloquial) round (at the house of), chez

   Cenamos donde Daniel.

   We're having dinner (round) at Daniel's place.

   Donde María (restaurant name) ― Chez Maria

Pronoun

donde

1. (relative) where, in what place

   El lugar donde estamos es secreto.

   The place where we are is secret.

Derived terms

• adonde
• donde hay confianza, da asco
• donde las dan las toman
• dondequiera

Related terms

• dónde

Further reading

• “donde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “donde”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 516
• “donde”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010