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English
Adjective
how long
Used literally: what length .
How long is that piece of string?
I don't know how long the Amazon River is.
Used literally: what duration .
How long are you here for? ~ Until the end of next month.
How long have you already been here (for)? ~ Since last Friday
How long is it to lunch?
How long ago did you stop playing tennis?
Derived terms
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Adverb
how long
Used literally: for what duration .
How long have you lived in Chicago?
He won't tell me how long he is going to stay.
, J Meade Falkner , Moonfleet , London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape , published 1934 , →OCLC :How long I slept I cannot tell, for I had nothing to guide me to the time, but woke at length, and found myself still in darkness.
Translations
how long (length of time)
Arabic: كَم وَقْتًا ( kam waqtan ) , إِلَى مَتَى ( ʔilā matā )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 多久 (zh) ( duōjiǔ )
Danish: hvor længe
Finnish: kuinka pitkään , kuinka kauan
French: pour combien de temps , depuis combien de temps , depuis quand , combien de temps
Georgian: რამდენი ხნით ( ramdeni xnit ) , რამდენ ხანს ( ramden xans ) , რა ხანგრძლივობით ( ra xangrʒlivobit ) , რა ხანგრძლივობის ( ra xangrʒlivobis )
German: wie lange
Hebrew: כַּמָּה זְמַן ( káma zman ) , עַד מָתַי (he) ( 'ad matáy )
Hungarian: ( excluding the present ) meddig (hu) , mennyi ideig , ( including the present ) mióta (hu) , mennyi ideje
Irish: cá fhad , cén fad , cé chomh fada , cáide
Italian: quanto tempo , da quando
Japanese: どの位 ( どのくらい, donokurai ) , どの位 ( どのぐらい, donogurai ) , どれくらい ( dorekurai ) , どれぐらい ( doregurai )
Khmer: ប៉ុន្មានត ( ponmaan tɑɑ ) , យូរប៉ុណ្ណា ( yuu ponnaa )
Korean: 얼마나 (ko) ( eolmana )
Lao: ດົນປານໃດ ( don pān dai )
Latin: quamdiu
Ngazidja Comorian: muda hindri
Norman: combian d'temps ( Guernsey )
Polish: jak długo
Portuguese: quanto tempo ( literally “ how much time ” ) , desde quando ( literally “ since when ” )
Russian: как до́лго ( kak dólgo ) , ско́лько (ru) ( skólʹko )
Scottish Gaelic: dè cho fad 's , c' fhad ( dated )
Serbo-Croatian: koliko dugo?
Spanish: cuánto tiempo , desde cuándo
Swedish: hur länge
Telugu: ఎందాక (te) ( endāka )
Thai: นานแค่ไหน ( naan kâe năi ) , นานเท่าไร ( naan tâo rai )
Vietnamese: bao lâu (vi)