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where1 adv dónde / adóndewhere are you going for your holidays? ¿dónde vas de vacaciones?where2 conj donde / en quetr[weəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (direct question - place) dónde; (- direction) adónde■ where is it? ¿dónde está?■ where did you go? ¿adónde fuiste?■ where does she live? ¿dónde vive?■ where are you from ¿de dónde eres?2 (indirect question) dónde, adónde3 (at, in or which) donde, en que; (to which) adonde, a donde1 donde2 (when) cuandowhere ['hwɛr] adv: dónde, adóndewhere is he?: ¿dónde está?where did they go?: ¿adónde fueron?where conj: donde, adondeshe knows where the house is: sabe donde está la casashe goes where she likes: va adonde quierawhere pron: dondeChicago is where I live: Chicago es donde vivoadv.• adonde adv.• adónde adv.• donde adv.• dónde adv.• en dónde adv.conj.• adónde conj.• donde conj.• dónde conj.• en dónde conj.
I hwer, weə(r)1) dónde; ( indicating direction) adónde, dóndewhere's Lewes? — ¿dónde está or queda Lewes?
where are you taking me? — ¿(a)dónde me llevan?
where are you from? — ¿de dónde eres?
where it's at — (colloq)
Aspen's OK for skiing, but Hartlepool is really where it's at — Aspen no está mal para esquiar, pero adonde hay que ir es a Hartlepool
2) ( as relative) donde
II
a) donde; ( indicating direction) adonde, dondeb) ( in cases where) cuandowhere her private life is concerned... — cuando se trata de su vida privada...
where appropriate — cuando or allí donde sea apropiado
c) ( contrasting) cuando[wɛǝ(r)]where others would lose heart, she remains optimistic — cuando otros perderían el ánimo, ella permanece optimista
1. ADVERB1) (in direct and indirect questions, reported speech)
Where in direct questions as well as after report verbs and expressions of (un)certainty and doubt (e.g. no sé) usually translates as dónde (with an accent), sometimes preceded by a preposition: dóndewhere am I? — ¿dónde estoy?
where are you going (to)? — ¿a dónde or adónde vas?, ¿dónde vas?
where have you come from? — ¿de dónde has venido?
where can I have put my keys (down)? — ¿dónde or en dónde puedo haber puesto las llaves?
where should we be if...? — ¿a dónde or adónde habríamos ido a parar si...?
where did we go wrong? — ¿en qué nos equivocamos?
can you tell me where there's a chemist's? — ¿puede decirme dónde hay una farmacia?
a) (=the place that)
Where in other statements is usually translated as donde (without an accent), again often preceded by a preposition: dondethat's just where you're wrong! — ¡en eso te equivocas!, ¡ahí es donde te equivocas!
that's where I disagree with you — en eso no estoy de acuerdo contigo, ahí es donde no estoy de acuerdo contigo
where this book is dangerous is in suggesting that... — el aspecto peligroso de este libro es la sugerencia de que...
b) (after noun) dondethis is the hotel where we stayed — este es el hotel donde or en el que estuvimos
the beach where we picnicked — la playa donde or a la que or adonde fuimos de picnic
2. CONJUNCTION1) (=if)where husband and wife both work, benefits are... — en el caso de que los dos esposos trabajen, los beneficios son...
2) (=whereas) mientras que, cuandosometimes a teacher will be listened to where a parent might not — a veces a un maestro se le hace caso, mientras que or cuando a un padre tal vez no
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I [hwer, weə(r)]1) dónde; ( indicating direction) adónde, dóndewhere's Lewes? — ¿dónde está or queda Lewes?
where are you taking me? — ¿(a)dónde me llevan?
where are you from? — ¿de dónde eres?
where it's at — (colloq)
Aspen's OK for skiing, but Hartlepool is really where it's at — Aspen no está mal para esquiar, pero adonde hay que ir es a Hartlepool
2) ( as relative) donde
II
a) donde; ( indicating direction) adonde, dondeb) ( in cases where) cuandowhere her private life is concerned... — cuando se trata de su vida privada...
where appropriate — cuando or allí donde sea apropiado
c) ( contrasting) cuandowhere others would lose heart, she remains optimistic — cuando otros perderían el ánimo, ella permanece optimista
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