In Latin American Spanish, what is the difference between ”adonde” and ”donde?”?

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1. Dumbledore Is Gay!! =D says:

   October 25, 2009 at 3:42 am

   The way I understand it, donde means ‘where’ and adonde means ‘where to’.

   Donde is used when an object/person is stationary
   e.g. ¿dónde está mi libro?

   But if for example you wanted to talk about where you’re going to on holiday
   ¿adónde vas a ir para tus vacaciones?

   Obviously they don’t just have to be used in questions.

   I hope this helps =)
2. the_mystryss says:

   October 25, 2009 at 3:42 am

   adonde = "to where…?" (where are you going)

   donde = "where?" (where is something)
3. dart says:

   October 25, 2009 at 3:42 am

   a = to

   donde = where.

   adonde = to where

   And it´s just Spanish.

   There is so little difference between Peninsular and Latinamerican Spanish that there is no need to specify. Seriously. The only differences are vosotros and the direct object pronouns.