doquiera

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Spanish do (where) + quiera (it may want) with do being a contraction of de (of) + o (in where), from ubi (where?). o has been displaced by donde (from Latin (from) + unde (whence)) in Modern Spanish (hence dondequiera).

Adverb

doquiera

  1. (dated) everywhere
    Synonym: dondequiera
    Doquiera vas, traes desastres.
    Everywhere you go, you bring disasters.
    • 1923, Helen Loudora Pohle, The Subjunctive in Ruiz's "Libro de Buen Amor", section 27:
      Fablad doquiera vos vayáis.
      Speak everywhere ye go.
  2. (dated) wherever (when used with que)
    Synonym: dondequiera que
    Doquiera que vos vayáis, yo estaré convusco.
    Wherever ye go, I shall be with you.
    • 1923, Helen Loudora Pohle, The Subjunctive in Ruiz's "Libro de Buen Amor", section 27:
      Toda la maldat del mundo es doquiera que tu seas.
      All the evil in the world is wherever you are.

Usage notes

  • Doquiera and Doquier are rarely used and have been replaced by dondequiera and dondequiera que.
  • Both terms are still used in the expression por doquier (everywhere, all over the place)

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