when

Significado (inglés)

Adv

1. At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
2. At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
3. At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.
4. At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.
5. The time at, on or during which.
6. (informal) 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. 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.

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

by the time that

what time and day

in the days of

during that time

at what time ?

at a time when

when issued

from the time

at the moment when

a

a

simultaneous to

after that

afterwards

apart from

at any time

at the time when

cost

date

📅

despite

directly

even though

ever

expense

from

hastily

how long

in

just after

just as

make haste

notwithstanding

now that

o’clock

on condition that

only when

on the occasion of

opportunity

price

provided that

quickly

remain

right now

salary

seeing that

sometimes

soon

🔜

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ʍɛn/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

From Middle English when(ne), whanne, 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 *kʷis (interrogative base).
Cognate with Dutch wanneer (“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".

Oracións

When will there be a cloud in Australia ?

We were only half a mile from the destination when the engine packed in .

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

He fell asleep , and when he awoke the sun was already high .

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

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

Just the way yours do when you're happy .

When he was four weeks old , his family relocated to Vienna , Austria .