¿Dónde están todos?
To ask "where is everyone?" in Spanish, say ¿Dónde están todos?
¿Dónde están todos? is what you say when you arrive and the people you expected have gone or are not there yet.
What does it mean word for word?
Dónde means where, están means they are and todos means everyone, literally all.
How does it change in a sentence?
Spanish treats everyone as plural here, so the verb is están. If the group is only women, the ending of todos changes to as.
Did you know?
- Even if a group consists of ninety-nine women, as long as one man is present, the word todos remains the required grammatical standard.
- While ¿Dónde están todos? is the direct translation, people in some Latin American regions prefer to ask ¿Qué pasó con todos?, which literally asks 'what happened with everyone?'
- In some Caribbean dialects, speakers often drop or soften the final 's' in están and todos, which can make these plural words sound singular to English speakers.
Examples in context
- Llego tarde y ¿dónde están todos?I'm late, and where is everyone?
- La fiesta es un caos, ¿dónde están todos?The party is a mess, where is everyone?
Example conversation
Mateo and Lucía arrive at a silent house party.
- MateoLucía, ¿dónde están todos?Lucía, where is everyone?
- LucíaNo lo sé, Mateo.I don't know, Mateo.
- MateoLa casa está muy vacía.The house is very empty.
- LucíaTal vez se fueron al restaurante.Maybe they went to the restaurant.
