cuánto

See also: cuanto

Spanish

Alternative forms

• quánto (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier quánto, 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 ćī́t, Waigali kiti, Sanskrit कियत् (kíyat), Avestan 𐬗𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (cuuaṇt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwanto/ [ˈkwãn̪.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -anto
• Syllabification: cuán‧to

Adverb

cuánto

1. how much; how many

   ¿A cuánto están las naranjas?

   How much are the oranges?

Determiner

cuánto m sg (plural cuántos, feminine cuánta, feminine plural cuántas)

1. how much; how many

   ¿Cuántas hijas tienes?

   How many daughters do you have?

Derived terms

• cuánto tiempo
• no sé cuántos
• no sé qué y no sé cuánto

Related terms

• cuanto

Further reading

• “cuánto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024