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dove

where

adverb DOH-veh Common
Grammar & Structure Adverbs

Origin: Latin de + ubi (from where)

Usage Note

Dove is used both in direct questions — dove sei? (where are you?) — and in relative clauses: la città dove abito (the city where I live). Combined with è, the apostrophe form dov'è is standard in writing. Dovunque means 'wherever', and da dove means 'from where' (da dove vieni?, where are you from?).

Examples

"Dove hai messo le chiavi?"

Natural Translation

Where did you put the keys?

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