desde
See also: des de
Asturian
Fala
Alternative forms
- desdi
Etymology
From Old Portuguese des (“since”) + de (“of”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdesde/
Preposition
desde
- since (from a certain time onwards)
- 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme II, Chapter 4: As Ordinis Militaris:
- Algu que está bastanti claro históricamenti é que o riu Ellas, en esta nossa Transerra, foi desde os principios da Reconquista fronteira practicamente inamuvibli entre o incipienti Portogal i o reinu de León i Castilla-león dispois.
- Something which is quite clear historically is that the Eljas river, in our Transerra, has been since the beginning of the Reconquista a practically immovable border between the incipient Portugal and the kingdom of Leon and later Castille-Leon.
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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Portuguese des (“since”) + de (“of”), the first element from Late Latin dē ex.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdesðe̝/
Related terms
References
- “desde” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “desde” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “desde” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese des (“since”) + de (“of”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdez.d͡ʒi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈdeʒ.d͡ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdez.de/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdeʒ.d(ɨ)/ [ˈdeʒ.ð(ɨ)]
- Hyphenation: des‧de
Preposition
desde
- since
- desde o dia 17 de abril ― since April 17th
- desde então ― since then
- desde logo ― therefore
- desde que ― since
- não disse nada desde que chegou ― she hasn't said anything since she arrived
- from
- percorremos tudo, desde o norte até o sul
- we traveled everywhere, from north to south
- (condition, followed by subjunctive)
- desde que ― as long as, if
- eu vou, desde que convidem ― I'll go, as long as they invite me
Spanish
Etymology
From older des + de, the former from Late Latin dē ex.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdesde/ [ˈd̪ez.ð̞e]
- Rhymes: -esde
- Syllabification: des‧de
Preposition
desde
- since
- desde que murió
- since he died
- from (a location)
- Empieza desde la línea 20.
- Start from line 20.
- Pablo Neruda, "Me gustas cuando callas"
- Y me oyes desde lejos, y mi voz no te alcanza:
- And you hear me from afar, and my voice does not reach you:
- starting at (a quantity, such as a price)
- televisores desde $200
- televisions starting at $200
Derived terms
Further reading
- “desde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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