quanto custa
Portuguese
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edit- how much does it cost?
- Synonym: quanto é?
- 1866, “Compradores nocturnos e vendedor tenebroso” (chapter VII), in Machado de Assis, transl., Os Trabalhadores do Mar, part I, book V, Rio de Janeiro: Typ. Perseverança, translation of Les Travailleurs de la mer by Victor Hugo (in French), page 209:
- — Mas quanto custa?
— Seis canos são seis luizes.- [original: — Eh bien, combien?
— Six canons, c’est six louis.] - — But how much does it cost?
— Six barrels are six louises.
- [original: — Eh bien, combien?