desde

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdesde/, [ˈd̪ez̪.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -esde
• Hyphenation: des‧de

Preposition

desde

1. Alternative form of dende

Alternative forms

• desdi

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese des (“since”) + de (“of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdesde/
• Rhymes: -esde
• Syllabification: des‧de

Preposition

desde

1. 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.

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Alternative forms

• dende

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese des (“since”) + de (“of”), the first element from Late Latin dē ex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdesde/ [ˈd̪ez̺.ð̞ɪ]
• Rhymes: -esde
• Hyphenation: des‧de

Preposition

desde

1. since
2. from (a location)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “desde”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “desde”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “desde”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese des (“since”) + de (“of”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: des‧de

Preposition

desde

1. 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

2. from

   percorremos tudo, desde o norte até o sul

   we traveled everywhere, from north to south

3. (condition, followed by subjunctive)

   desde que ― as long as, if

   eu vou, desde que convidem ― I'll go, as long as they invite me

Etymology

From older des +‎ de, the former from Late Latin dē ex. Displaced Latin deinde, which would have yielded dende.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdesde/ [ˈd̪ez.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -esde
• Syllabification: des‧de

Preposition

desde

1. since

   desde que murió

   since he died

2. from (a location)

   Synonyms: de, del

   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:

3. starting at (a quantity, such as a price)

   televisores desde $200

   televisions starting at $200

Further reading

• “desde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10