since when en · ADV
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
-
(colloquial, not-comparable, rhetoric, sarcastic) From what time.
Since when do I need your permission?
“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps ? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic ? Does your Vehmgerichte pay such extraordinary expenses ?[…]”
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
-
(colloquial, not-comparable, rhetoric, sarcastic) (as an interrogative interjection) Used to indicate doubt as to the veracity of a statement.
The moon is made of green cheese. Since when?
Translations (26)
la postea (from what time) · fa از کی تا حالا (Used to indicate doubt as to the veracity of a statement) · ru с каки́х э́то по́р? (from what time) · ka როდიდან (from what time) · fi mistä lähtien (Used to indicate doubt as to the veracity of a statement) · la abhinc (from what time) · fr depuis quand (from what time) · hu mióta? (from what time) · es ¿desde cuándo? (from what time) · pl od kiedy to? (from what time) · sv sedan när (Used to indicate doubt as to the veracity of a statement) · it da quando in qua (Used to indicate doubt as to the veracity of a statement) · sv sen när (from what time) · pt desde quando (Used to indicate doubt as to the veracity of a statement) · am ከመቼ ጀምሮ (from what time) · la inde (from what time) · pt desde quando? (from what time) · de seit wann (from what time) · sv sen när (Used to indicate doubt as to the veracity of a statement) · fa از کی؟ (from what time) · pl od kiedy? (from what time) · ro de când (from what time) · sv sedan när (from what time) · fi mistä lähtien (from what time) · cs odkdy (from what time) · af van wanneer af (from what time)