onde
Portuguese, adverb/ˈõ.d͡ʒi/
onde is spelled O-N-D-E (4 letters) and appears 1,122 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 80th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Onde is a Portuguese adverb meaning “where; wherever (in or at what place; in or at a/any/the place that, in what situation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o lugar em que; o lugar no qual”.
What does onde mean in English?
adverb
- 1
where; wherever (in or at what place; in or at a/any/the place that, in what situation)
Onde estão as chaves?
- 2
where (the place in or at which)
Esta é a praia onde nos casamos.
- 3
proscribedwhere (in a situation, position, case, timeframe, etc.)
Quais são as modalidades onde seu filho é campeão?
- 4
proscribedwhose
- 5
colloquialproscribed(to) where; whereto, whither, (to) wherever; (to what place; to a/any/the place that; to which; the place to which)
Onde cê tá indo?
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. o lugar em que; o lugar no qual 2. em que lugar?
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 onde?
- Brazil /ˈõ.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /ˈõ.dɨ/
- /ˈõ.di/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to onde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is onde in Portuguese?
onde appears 1,122 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).