cuándo
when
Asks what time something happens
Encoding Strategies:
repetition
Cuándo means when and asks "at what time?" The accent mark adds stress and emphasis, which is why it appears in questions and exclamations to say "WHEN?!"
cuándo
when (interrogative)
Used to ask or wonder about the time something happens.
¿Cuándo vas a llegar?When are you going to arrive? (when are you going to arrive?)
No sé cuándo vas a llegarI don't know when you're going to arrive (“when are you going to arrive?” is what I don't know)
when (exclamatory)
Used as an exclamation to express longing or exasperation about when something will happen.
¡Cuándo acabará todo esto!When will all this ever end! (WHEN will this ever end!)
¡Cuándo me dejarán en paz!When will they leave me alone! (WHEN will they leave me alone!)
el cuándo
the when
Adding el turns the question "at what time?" into a thing in itself: the time at which something happens.
Nos vamos a casar, pero el cuándo y el dónde aún no lo séWe're getting married, but I don't know the when or the where yet
El cuándo importa más que el cómoThe when matters more than the how