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when meaning in Portuguese

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when (as soon as, at the time that)
conjunction
[UK: wen]
[US: hwen]

assim queconjunction

quandoconjunction

when (at what time, as a direct question)
adverb
[UK: wen]
[US: hwen]

quandoadverb

when (the time)
noun
[UK: wen]
[US: hwen]

quandonoun

when (what time; which time)
pronoun
[UK: wen]
[US: hwen]

quandopronoun

when Hell freezes over (never)
adverb
[UK: wen hel ˈfriː.zɪz ˈəʊv.ə(r)]
[US: hwen ˈhel ˈfriː.zəz ˈoʊv.r̩]

no dia de São Nuncaadverb

quando as galinhas criarem dentesadverb

quando as galinhas tiverem dentesadverb

quando o inferno congelaradverb

when in Rome, do as the Romans do (behave as those around do)
phrase
[UK: wen ɪn rəʊm duː əz ðə ˈrəʊ.mənz duː]
[US: hwen ɪn roʊm ˈduː ˈæz ðə ˈroʊ.mənz ˈduː]

em Roma sê romanophrase

faça como os romanos;phrase

quando em Romaphrase

when is closing time (when is closing time?)
phrase

a que horas vocês fecham?phrase

when life gives you lemons, make lemonade (make the best out of difficult situations)
phrase

faça dele uma caipirinha; se a vida lhe der um limãophrase

faça dele uma limonadaphrase

se a vida lhe der um limãophrase

when pigs fly (never, expressed by an idiom)
adverb
[UK: wen pɪɡz flaɪ]
[US: hwen ˈpɪɡz ˈflaɪ]

no Dia de São Nuncaadverb

no Dia de São Nunca à tardeadverb

quando os porcos voaremadverb

when the cat's away (People take advantage of the absence of authority)
phrase

quando o gato não estáphrase

when the cat's away the mice will play (in the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances)
phrase
[UK: wen ðə ˈkæts ə.ˈweɪ ðə maɪs wɪl ˈpleɪ]
[US: hwen ðə ˈkæts ə.ˈweɪ ðə ˈmaɪs wɪl ˈpleɪ]

os ratos fazem a festaphrase

quando o gato saiphrase

whence (conjunction)
conjunction
[UK: wens]
[US: hwens]

de ondeconjunction

dondeconjunction

whence (from where; from which place or source)
adverb
[UK: wens]
[US: hwens]

de ondeadverb

dondeadverb

whenever (at any time that)
conjunction
[UK: wen.ˈev.ə(r)]
[US: hwen.ˈev.r̩]

quandoconjunction

whenever (every time that)
conjunction
[UK: wen.ˈev.ə(r)]
[US: hwen.ˈev.r̩]

sempre queconjunction

toda vez queconjunction

since when (from what time)
adverb
[UK: sɪns wen]
[US: ˈsɪns hwen]

desde quando?adverb

time flies when you're having fun (time seems to pass more quickly when enjoying oneself)
phrase

o tempo voa quando a gente se divertephrase