when

Pronúncia: wɛn; US: hwɛn
    adverb
  1. quan.
  2. when can you come? quan pots venir?
  3. when did it happen? quan va passar això?, quan va ser això?
  4. I don’t know when it happened no sé quan va (passar \ ser).
  5. till when can you stay? fins quan et pots quedar?
  6. since when have you a car? des de quan tens cotxe?

    7. [relative]
  7. quan, que.
  8. Sunday is the day when I’m least busy el diumenge és el dia que estic menys ocupat.
  9. it was one of those cold wet evenings when most people stay at home era un vespre d’aquells freds i plujosos en què la majoria de la gent no surt de casa.
    10. conjunction
  10. quan.
  11. when the war started quan va començar la guerra.
  12. it was raining when we arrived quan hem arribat plovia.
  13. when speaking Spanish, I often make mistakes quan parlo castellà, faig faltes sovint.

  14. [although] quan.
  15. he walks when he might take a taxi va a peu quan de fet podria agafar un taxi.

  16. quan, si.
  17. how can I help them to understand when they won’t listen? com els puc ajudar a entendre-ho si no m’escolten?

  18. [at, during this time] quan.
  19. the Queen will visit the town in May, when she will open the new hospital la reina visitarà la ciutat pel maig quan inauguri el nou hospital.