donde
Portuguese, contraction/ˈdõ.d͡ʒi/
donde is spelled D-O-N-D-E (5 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Donde is a Portuguese contraction meaning “synonym of onde” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração da preposição de com o advérbio de lugar onde”.
What does donde mean in English?
contraction
- 1
synonym of onde
Donde vai, ladrão de vaca!?
- 2
whence; from where
Ninguém viu donde ele veio.
- 3
whence
Ela perdeu inteiramente o juízo, donde as asneiras que tem feito.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. pelo que; daí se conclui: 2. do qual, do que:
contraction: 1. contração da preposição de com o advérbio de lugar onde: 2. do lugar de que:
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce donde?
- Brazil /ˈdõ.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /ˈdõ.dɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to donde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is donde in Portuguese?
donde appears 4.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).