when

Significado (Inglés)

Adv

1. (interrogative, not-comparable) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
2. (Internet, humorous, interrogative, not-comparable, often) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
3. (not-comparable) At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.
4. (not-comparable, relative) At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.
5. (not-comparable) The time at, on or during which.
6. (informal, not-comparable) A circumstance or situation in which.

Conj

1. At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.
2. During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.
3. At what time; at which time.
4. Since; given the fact that; considering that.
5. Whereas; although; at the same time as; in spite of the fact that.

Pron

What time; which time.

Noun

The time at which something happens.

Intj

1. (humorous, often) That's enough: a command asking someone to stop adding something, especially an ingredient or portion of food or drink; used in, or as if in, literal response to 'Say when'.
2. (obsolete) Expressing impatience.

Conceptos

cuando

cuándo

si

durante

tan pronto como

en cuanto

En qué tiempo

a qué hora

qué hora

qué tiempo

qué día

-ndo

en caso

el cuando

mientras

qué

Sinónimos

while

if

after

as

as soon as

where

that

at the time

then

whenever

time

⌚

since

because

how

whilst

during

what time

until

which

how much

at what time

in case

although

season

in spite of

once

till

at the time that

period of time

period

at that time

during the time

though

at

hour

what

so that

than

wages

why

and then

and yet

as for

just when

no matter when

how soon

what day

-ing

until when

any time when

Traducciones

quand

quando

wann

wenn

quando

wanneer

als

lorsque

متى

quando

πότε

όταν

als

toen

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ʍɛn/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: when

Heredado de inglés antiguo: hwonne

Cognado con neerlandés: wanneer

Cognado con bajo alemán: wannehr

Cognado con alemán: wann

Cognado con gótico: 𐍈𐌰𐌽

Cognado con latín: quandō

In summary

From Middle English when(ne), whan(ne), from Old English hwonne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwannē, from Proto-West Germanic *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan (“at what time, when”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís (interrogative base).
Cognate with Scots whan (“when”), Dutch wanneer (“when”), wan (“when”) and wen (“when, if”), Low German wannehr (“when”), wann (“when”) and wenn (“if, when”), German wann (“when”) and wenn (“when, if”), Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌽 (ƕan, “when, how”), Latin quandō (“when”). More at who.
Interjection sense: a playful misunderstanding of "say when" (i.e. say something / speak up when you want me to stop) as "say [the word] when".

Oraciones

What were you when you came here five years ago ?

¿Qué eras cuando viniste aquí hace cinco años?

Only when he , himself , reveals it .

Solo cuando él mismo lo revela.

When he was in hospital , the nurse took an x-ray photograph of his arm .

Cuando estaba en el hospital, la enfermera tomó una fotografía de rayos X de su brazo.

Two women were still missing when the firefighters arrived .

Dos mujeres todavía estaban desaparecidas cuando llegaron los bomberos.

In retrospect , everything was already decided when we heard the siren .

En retrospectiva, todo ya se decidió cuando escuchamos la sirena.

When they go out Lucius secretly eats his fill of their food .

Cuando salen, Lucius come en secreto su relleno de su comida.