cantidad

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish quantidat, borrowed from Latin quantitātem, from quantus (“how much”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kantiˈdad/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ad
  • Syllabification: can‧ti‧dad

Noun

cantidad f (plural cantidades)

  1. amount
  2. quantity
  3. figure
  4. (colloquial, Spain) plenty

Derived terms

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Descendants

  • → Cebuano: kantidad

Adverb

cantidad

  1. (colloquial) like hell; a hell of a lot; shedloads

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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