Why does this sentence use the word "donde"?

Question

I saw a short script about what a host said at the beginning of the game show.

"Bienvenidos a ¿Qué Dices? El programa donde: Tú Tambiém Puedes Decir."

I don't understand why he used the word "donde" here. Doesn't it mean "where"?

How do you translate the 2nd sentence?

Will it be "The program where: You Can Say, too"? Does it make sense?

I saw something similar the other day -- "Otro método menos amigable es empalarla, dónde una vez muerta exuda las toxinas durante varias horas." - NikkiLR, Aug 11, 2013

Good question! - NikkiLR, Aug 11, 2013

Hola, Nikki. Thanks for leaving the message. I roughly know about the meaning of the sentence you offer, but I have a question to ask. Should it be "dónde" or "donde" in the middle of the sentence? - joygogo, Aug 12, 2013

Here is the article -- http://www.veintemundos.com/magazines/76-en/ - NikkiLR, Aug 12, 2013

Thank you, Nikki! - joygogo, Aug 13, 2013

Answer 1

Doesn't it mean "where"?

Yes

Will it be "The program where: You Can Say, too"? Does it make sense?

Yes

Yes

Here "decir" is closer to "speak" than "say" because the thing to be said is not mentioned. And other times "decir" means "to tell." How it is translated depends on context.

Hola, Julian. Thanks for your answer, but I still don't know why the 2nd sentence needs the word "donde". Can this word be deleted from the sentence or be replaced with "es"? - joygogo, Aug 11, 2013

Or, "El programa donde: Tú Tambiém Puedes Decir" means "You can also say something in the program"? - joygogo, Aug 11, 2013

Answer 2

Joy; I think the program is titled "Qué Dices?" The second sentence is like a commercial for this program, or a tag: "The program where you too can speak/say what´s on your mind".

Replacing "donde" with "es" is grammatically correct, but doesn´t have the right nuance (Where can I speak my mind? Here on this program). The punctuation is a little strange - this might be the confusion.

Also, we can use "donde" to mean "when" or as reference to something as in Nikki´s example.

Yes, the punctuation confuses me because I think it is quite strange to put a colon between "donde" and "Tú". Your second explanation helps me a lot. Muchas gracias! By the way, I have a question about the sentence Nikki gave. (to be continued) - joygogo, Aug 12, 2013

Should it be "dónde" or "donde" in the middle of the sentence? - joygogo, Aug 12, 2013

This is probably just a typo. It should "donde" without tilde - 005faa61, Aug 12, 2013

That is good to know. I just copied it straight from the article. - NikkiLR, Aug 12, 2013

Answer 3

It means:

The programme where you too can have your say.

Thanks! - joygogo, Aug 12, 2013

Answer 4

I dont understand your questions excuseme

Never mind! - joygogo, Aug 12, 2013