quanto

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwan.to/

Noun

quanto (plural quanti)

1. quantity, amount

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Italian

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Latin quantus.

Adjective

quanto (feminine singular 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 New Latin quantum.

Noun

quanto m (plural quanti)

1. quantum

Synonyms

• quantum

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Latin

Adjective

quantō

1. dative masculine singular of quantus
2. dative neuter singular of quantus
3. ablative masculine singular of quantus
4. ablative 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, 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 Portuguese quanto, from Latin quantus (“how much; how many”).

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

quanto

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

Derived terms

• quanto a

Pronoun

quanto m (feminine quanta, 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. (interrogative, relative) how (to what degree)

   Digam o quanto quente vocês querem a pizza.

   Tell me how hot you want your pizza.

   Synonym: quão

3. (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?

4. (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.

5. (relative) as much as

   Eu como quanto quiser.

   I eat as much as I want.

Derived terms

• o quanto antes
• quanto a
• quanto antes

Related terms

Terms related to quanto

• quantia
• quântico
• quantidade

• quantificar
• quantitativo

• quantizar
• quantum

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Spanish

Adjective

quanto (feminine singular 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.