donde
adverbBeginnerHigh frequency
What does “donde” mean in English?
where
where (interrogative)
Example sentences
¿Dónde está el baño?
Where is the bathroom?
¿Adónde vas?
Where are you going (to)?
¿De dónde eres?
Where are you from?
How to use it
¿Dónde? means 'where?'. Used for location questions. Pair with adónde for 'where to?' (with motion verbs) and de dónde for 'from where?'.
Common mistake
Spanish distinguishes static location (dónde) from destination (adónde) — English collapses both into 'where'. Match the verb of motion.
Topics
Related Beginner words
Reference
This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 24.