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[wɛə(r)]
1. adv
dove

where are you from? — di dove sei?

where am I? — dove sono?

where do you live? — dove abiti?

where are you going (to)? — dove stai andando?

where have you come from? — da dove sei venuto?

did he tell you where he was going? — ti ha detto dove andava?

where should we be if ...? — dove saremmo se...?

2. conj
1) (gen) dove

there's a cinema where the butcher's used to be — dove una volta c'era la macelleria ora c'è un cinema

where possible — quando è possibile, se possibile

from where I'm standing it looks fine — da dove sono, mi sembra vada bene

so that's where they've got to! — ecco dove erano finiti!

this is where we found it — è qui che l'abbiamo trovato

that's where we got to in the last lesson — è qui che siamo arrivati nell'ultima lezione

that's just where you're wrong! — è proprio lì che ti sbagli!

sometimes a teacher will be listened to, where a parent might not — qualche volta si è più disposti ad ascoltare un insegnante che un genitore

2) (rel: in, on, at which) dove, in (or da, su etc) cui

the town where we come from — la città da cui veniamo

the house where I was born — la casa in cui sono nato

the hill where the heather grows — la collina dove or su cui cresce l'erica


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