# când

**Part of speech:** ADV  
**Frequency rank:** #50 most common Romanian word  
**Language:** Romanian

Adverb used to ask about or refer to a time, or to introduce a temporal clause meaning “when.”

## Meanings

- **when? / at what time?** — Used in direct questions about time.
- **when** — Introduces a clause referring to the time of another action or event.

## Example sentences

- Când începe filmul? — _When does the movie start?_
- Te anunț când termin. — _I’ll let you know when I finish._
- Când am ajuns, ușa era deja închisă. — _When I arrived, the door was already closed._

## Forms

când

## Nearby words by frequency

- [acum](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/acum)
- [in](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/in)
- [acela](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/acela)
- [mult](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/mult)
- [ceva](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/ceva)
- [doar](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/doar)
- [crede](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/crede)
- [bun](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/bun)
- [unde](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/unde)
- [lua](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/lua)
- [om](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/om)
- [veni](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/veni)

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Source: [https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/c%C3%A2nd](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/c%C3%A2nd) — MostSpoken Romanian frequency dictionary.