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cuanto

Pronunciation: /ˈkwanto/

“cuanto” is a Spanish word. Its 6 meanings in English:

pronoun

  1. whatever quantity, as much, however much

determiner

  1. as much [of]; as many; however much; however many
  2. few; quite a few; a handful
  3. however much; however many; (constructing parallel comparatives) “the..., the...”

adverb

  1. as much; however much; in whatever quantity

noun

  1. quantum

In Spanish

  1. Lo que tiene cantidad o pertenece a ella.
  2. Numeral que significa cantidad indeterminada, correlativo de tanto.
  3. Grande y excesivo en cualquier línea.
  4. Todo, todo lo que.
  5. En cuanto.
  6. De calidad indeterminada.
  7. Indica cantidad, regularmente acompañado de la preposición «en»
  8. Para tiempo, regularmente acompañado de la preposición «en»
  9. Determina calidad, regularmente acompañado de la preposición «en»
  10. Encabeza el segundo término de la correlación copulativa.

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quantus, from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts (“how much, how many”), from *kʷíh₂, neuter of *kʷís. Cognate with French quant, Italian quanto, Portuguese quanto, Romanian cât, Ashkun ćīt, Waigali kiti, Sanskrit कियत् (kíyat), Avestan 𐬗𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (cuuaṇt).

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