quanto

Aragonese

Etymology

Akin to Spanish cuanto, from Latin quantus.

Pronoun

quanto

1. how many

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwan.to/

Noun

quanto (plural quanti)

1. quantity, amount

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwan.to/

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• Rhymes: -anto
• Hyphenation: quàn‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin quantus.

Adjective

quanto (feminine quanta, masculine plural quanti, feminine plural quante)

1. how, how much, how many

Adverb

quanto

1. how, how much, how many

Related terms

• a quanto pare
• a quanto sembra
• in quanto
• in quanto a
• per quanto
• per quanto concerne
• per quanto riguarda
• quantità
• quantizzare
• quanto a
• quantomeno
• quantunque

Etymology 2

Borrowed from .

Noun

quanto m (plural quanti)

1. quantum

   Synonym: quantum

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) quantō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of quantus

References

• “quanto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quanto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quanto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• quanto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• quãto (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese quanto, from Latin quantus (“how much; how many”). Doublet of quantum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɐ̃.tu/

• IPA^(key): (South Brazil) /ˈkwɐ̃.to/
• Hyphenation: quan‧to
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu

Preposition

quanto

1. as (to the same extent or degree that)

Derived terms

• quanto a

Determiner

quanto (feminine quanta, masculine plural quantos, feminine plural quantas)

1. (interrogative, relative) how much; how many (what number or quantity of)

   Quanto leite você bebeu?

   How much milk did you drink?

   Você pretendia comprar quantos ingressos mesmo?

   How many tickets were you planning to buy again?

2. (in exclamations) that’s so many (that’s very numerous; that’s a large number of)

   Quantas pessoas! Posso perder-me.

   So many people! I might get lost.

Pronoun

quanto (feminine quanta, masculine plural quantos, feminine plural quantas)

1. (interrogative) how much (what price)

   Você cobra quanto?

   How much do you charge?

   Quanto custa uma guitarra novinha?

   How much does a brand new guitar cost?

2. (relative) as much as

   Eu como quanto quiser.

   I eat as much as I want.

Derived terms

• o quanto antes
• quanto a
• quanto antes

Adverb

quanto

1. (interrogative, relative) how (to what degree)

   Digam o quanto quente vocês querem a pizza.

   Tell me how hot you want your pizza.

   Synonym: quão

Related terms

• quantia
• quântico
• quantidade
• quantificar
• quantitativo
• quantizar
• quantum

 

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Spanish

Adjective

quanto (feminine quanta, masculine plural quantos, feminine plural quantas)

1. Obsolete form of cuanto.

Adverb

quanto

1. Obsolete form of cuanto.

Pronoun

quanto n (correlative of tanto)

1. Obsolete form of cuanto.