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Aragonese
Etymology
Akin to Spanish cuanto, from Latin quantus.
Pronoun
quanto
- how many
Ido
Pronunciation
Noun
quanto (plural quanti)
- quantity, amount
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwan.to/
- Rhymes: -anto
- Hyphenation: quàn‧to
Etymology 1
From Latin quantus.
Adjective
quanto (feminine quanta, masculine plural quanti, feminine plural quante)
- how, how much, how many
- Quanti meccanici lavorano ora? ― How many mechanics work now?
Determiner
quanto
- how, how much, how many
- Quanto é grosso il tuo cane? ― How big is your dog?
Adverb
quanto
- to the extent that; as (much); insomuch as; as... as; as far as
- a quanto pare ― apparently (literally, “as far as it appears”)
Sono triste quanto povero.- I am as sad as I am poor.
Lei è molto più capace di quanto lo fossi io a 22 anni.- She is much more capable than I was when I was 22 years old.
- (literally, “She is much more capable than the extent to which I was at 22 years.”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from New Latin quantum.
Noun
quanto m (plural quanti)
- quantum
- Synonym: quantum
Latin
Adjective
quantō
- 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.
Macanese
Etymology
From Portuguese quanto.
Pronunciation
Determiner
quanto
- (interrogative) how much, how many (what number or quantity of)
Quanto custâ?- How much does it cost?
Vôs têm quanto filo-filo?- How many children do you have?
- several, a few, some
- quanto cento ― several hundred
Chomâ quanto cúli para cartá tudo ancuza- Call a few coolies to carry everything
Particle
quanto
- plural particle for determiners ending in -unga
- estunga quanto ― these
- acunga quanto ― those
Estunga quanto casa sâm bem di feo- These houses are very ugly
Usage notes
- Sometimes connected with a hyphen, i.e. estunga-quanto and acunga-quanto.
References
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese quanto, from Latin quantus (“how much; how many”). Doublet of quantum.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu
- Hyphenation: quan‧to
Preposition
quanto
- as (to the same extent or degree that)
Derived terms
Determiner
quanto (feminine quanta, masculine plural quantos, feminine plural quantas)
- (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?
- (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)
- (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?
- (relative) as much as
Eu como quanto quiser.- I eat as much as I want.
Derived terms
Adverb
quanto
- (interrogative, relative) how (to what degree)
- Synonym: quão
Digam o quanto quente vocês querem a pizza.- Tell me how hot you want your pizza.
Spanish
Adjective
quanto (feminine quanta, masculine plural quantos, feminine plural quantas)
- Obsolete form of cuanto.
Adverb
quanto
- Obsolete form of cuanto.
Pronoun
quanto n (correlative of tanto)
- Obsolete form of cuanto.