donde
where
A connector that links two parts of a sentence through place
Encoding Strategies:
repetition
Donde means where and connects two parts of a sentence through place. It is unstressed, so it doesn't draw attention to itself — it just connects and gets out of the way.
donde
where
Connects two parts of a sentence through a shared place.
- La ciudad donde nací es muy pequeña = The city where I was born is very small
- El libro está donde siempre = The book is where it always is
wherever
When no specific place is mentioned, donde means wherever — any place where the condition holds.
- Donde haya agua, habrá vida = Wherever there is water, there will be life
at, to, by (colloquial)
Acts as a preposition indicating "where" something or someone is.
- Estuve donde Antonio = I was at Antonio's place (I was where Antonio)
- La farmacia está donde el parque = The pharmacy is by the park (the pharmacy where the park)