quanto

Aragonese

Etymology

Akin to Spanish cuanto, from Latin quantus.

Pronoun

quanto

1. how many

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwan.to/

Noun

quanto (plural quanti)

1. quantity, amount

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwan.to/
• Rhymes: -anto
• Hyphenation: quàn‧to

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin quantus.

Alternative forms

• quant' (apocopic)

Determiner

quanto (feminine quanta, masculine plural quanti, feminine plural quante)

1. how much, how many, however much, however many

   Quanti meccanici stanno lavorano adesso? ― How many mechanics are working now?

   Quanto latte serve? ― How much milk is needed?

   Quanta torta vuoi? ― How much cake do you want?

Pronoun

quanto (feminine quanta, masculine plural quanti, feminine plural quante)

1. how much, how many, however much, however many

   Quanti stanno dormendo? ― How many (of them) are sleeping?

   [Di torta,] quanta ne vuoi? ― How much [cake] do you want? (literally, “[Of cake,] how much of it you want?”)

Pronoun

quanto

1. how much, however much

   q.b.; quanto basta ― to taste (literally, “however much is enough”)

   Quanto costa? ― How much does it cost?

   Quant'è grosso il cane di Luca?

   How big is Luca's dog?

   (literally, “How much is Luca's dog big?”)

   Non so quant'è grosso.

   I don't know how big it is.

   (literally, “I don't know how much it is big.”)

2. (by extension, exclamative) how ...! ... so much!

   Synonym: che (only with essere, different syntax)

   Quanto costa! ― It costs so must! (literally, “How much it costs!”)

   Quant'è carino! [=Che carino!; Che carino che è!]

   It's so cute!

   (literally, “How much it is cute!”)

3. what, that which, all that (See Usage notes.)

   Synonyms: ciò che, quello che

   a quanto pare; a quanto sembra ― apparently (literally, “by what it seems”)

   Da quanto è stato comunicato, […] [=Da quanto comunicato, […] ] ― By what has been comunicated, […]

   Ti riferisco quanto mi hanno detto. ― I am going to tell you what they told me. (literally, “I refer to you that which they told me.”)

   • 2002 November 5 [1997 November 3], “Rapina in banca [Bank robbery]”, in Detective Conan [Case Closed], episode 82, spoken by Sonoko Suzuki (Jasmine Laurenti), dubbing of 銀(ぎん)行(こう)強(ごう)盗(とう)殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん) (Ginkō gōtō satsujin jiken, “Bank robbery murder case”):

     Se quanto dico è vero, i due pezzi d'involucro del pacchetto di caramelle dovrebbero combaciare.

     If what I say is true, the two pieces of candy packet wrapping should match.

   • 2026 May 3 [2026 May 3], “Il kanji Misumi” (19:55 from the start), in Nippon Sangoku - I tre regni del Giappone, episode 5, spoken by Aoteru Misumi (Daniel Spizzichino), dubbing of 辺(へん)境(きょう)将(しょう)軍(ぐん)隊(たい)、出(しゅつ)陣(じん) (Henkyō shōgun-tai, shutsujin), via Amazon Prime Video:

     Signorino Tsuné [Yoshitsune Asama], visto quanto detto durante il consiglio, è chiaro che noi rimasti di guardia avremo un ruolo da svolgere, non pensi?

     Yoshitsune, from what was said during the council [meeting], it's clear that we, who stayed on guard duty, will have a role to play, don't you think?

     (literally, “Little Mister Tsune, seen how much said during the council, it is clear that we remained of guard will have a role to unwind, don't you think?”)

4. (by extension, omitting the verb) it, all

   Questo è quanto. ― That's all. (literally, “This is that which [...]”)

Usage notes

• A passive, past tense verb used with quanto in the what (“that which”) sense may be replaced by a past participle, also with clitic particles attached to it: (see dovutogli, dettomi for quotations)

  quanto insegnatomi da loro [quanto mi è stato insegnato da loro]

  that which they taught me [that which was taught to me by them]

  (literally, “how much taught me by then”)

Adverb

quanto

1. how

   Non sai quanto grosso è [il cane di Luca]? ― You don't know how big it [Luca's dog] is?

   Non so quanto grosso è. ― I don't know how big it is.

2. (by extension, in rhetorical questions with essere) how ...! (to be) so ...! how ... is it?!

   Ma quanto bello è?! ― OMG, it is so beautiful! (literally, “But how beautiful is it?!”)

Conjunction

quanto

1. as much as

   Synonyms: tanto quanto (“just as much as”), come (“like; as”)

   Il mio cane è veloce quanto il tuo se non di più.

   My dog is as fast as yours if not faster.

   È famoso quanto lo sei tu.

   He is famous as much as you are.

   Sono triste quanto povero.

   I am sad as much as [I am] poor.

   La pasta non mi piace quanto mi piace la pizza.

   I don't like pasta as much as I like pizza.

   (literally, “The pasta is not pleasing to me as much as the pizza is pleasing to me.”)

2. (with tanto) as ... as ...

   un uomo tanto forte quanto sciocco

   a man as strong as [he is/was] foolish.

   (literally, “a man very strong how much foolish”)

Related terms

• in quanto
• in quanto a
• per quanto
• per quanto concerne
• per quanto riguarda
• (formal, uncommon) quanti m pl (“those who”)
• quantità
• quanto a
• quanto basta, q.b.
• quanto ti pare, quanto Le pare
• quantomeno
• quantunque
• tanto quanto

Further reading

• “quanto¹”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from New Latin quantum.

Noun

quanto m (plural quanti)

1. quantum

   Synonym: quantum

Related terms

• quantizzare (“to quantize”)

Further reading

• “quanto²”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Etymology

Adverbial ablative from quantus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷan.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷan.to]

Adverb

quantō (not comparable)

1. (interrogative) by how much

   quantō diūtius abest? ― how much longer will he be away?

2. (correlative) by as much as, just as

   Synonym: quō (in “quō... eō/hōc...”)

   Coordinate term: tantō

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 5.4.4:

     Quanto erat in dies gravior atque asperior oppugnatio, et maxime quod magna parte militum confecta vulneribus res ad paucitatem defensorum pervenerat, tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique ad Caesarem mittebantur; […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• Used with comparatives or other words implying comparison.

Related terms

• aliquantō, aliquantum
• quantum

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	demonstrative			anaphoric	identity	interrogative or basic relative	indefinite							alternative
	proximal	medial	distal				relative	irrelative	free choice	universal	positive polarity	negative polarity	negative
basic	hic	iste istic	ille illic	is	ᵉipse īdem	quis quī	quīcumque quisquis	quīdam aliquis, quis aliquī, quī nesciō quis	quīvis quīlibet	quisque	quispiam	quisquam hīlum ūllus	nēmō̆ nihil nūllus	alius
ᵇcomparative	huiusmodī ᵉhuiuscemodī	istī̆usmodī ᵉistī̆uscemodī	illī̆usmodī ᵉillī̆uscemodī	eiusmodī	eiusdemmodī	cuiusmodī	cuiusmodīcumque	alicuiusmodī cuiusdammodī	cuiusvīsmodī	cuiusquemodī			°nūllī̆usmodī	alterī̆usmodī alīusmodī
dual						uter	utercumque	alteruter	utervīs uterlibet	uterque			neuter	alter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem	ubī̆	ubī̆cumque °ubiubī̆	alicubī̆	ubivīs ubilibet	ubīque	uspiam	usquam °ubīquam	nusquam nūllibī	alibī aliās
source	hinc	istinc °istim	illinc °illim	inde ªim	indidem	unde °cum	undecumque °undeunde	alicunde	°undelibet	undique		°undiquam	°nūllunde	aliunde
destination	hūc hōc °hōrsum	istūc istō, istōc °istōrsum	illūc illō, illōc °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	quō quōrsum	quōcumque quōquō °quōrsumcumque	aliquō °aliquōvorsum	quōvīs quōlibet	quōque	quōpiam uspiam	usquam quōquam ªūllō	nusquam ªnihilō ªnūllō °nūllōrsum	aliō aliōrsum
means, way, path, place	hāc	ªistā istāc	ªillā illāc	eā	eādem	quā quārē	quācumque quāquā	aliquā	quāvīs quālibet	°quāque	°quāpiam	°quāquam ªūllā	nēquāquam ªnūllā ᵉhaudquāquam	aliā
ᵇdistance	hāctenus	°istātenus °istāctenus	°illātenus °illāctenus	eātenus		quātenus	°quātenuscumque °quāquātenus	aliquātenus quādantenus	°quātenusvīs °quātenuslibet			ūllātenus	nūllātenus	aliātenus
ᵇreason	°hācpropter °hōccircā	°istāpropter	°illāpropter	eāpropter proptereā eōcircā idcircō ideō		ᶜcūr quāpropter quōcircā quārē †quia								°aliāpropter
ᵇmanner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita ᵉsīc eō modō	item itidem eādem operā eōdem modō	ut prout °quem quō modō quōmodo ᵉquemadmodum	utcumque °utut °proutcumque quōmodocumque °ᵉquemadmodumcumque	quōdam modō aliquō modō	quōmodolibet	utīque quōque modō	quōpiam modō	°utiquam ūllō modō	nihil neutiquam °neutī̆que nūllō modō	aliter alterō/aliō modō
instrument, matter, knowledge						quī ᵉquīn °quīcum	quīcumque	quī °aliquī	°quīlibet	°quīque	°quia	°quīquam	nihilō nēquīquam	aliōquī ᵉaliōquīn
time	†num nunc		ōlim	tum tunc	simul	quandō̆ ‡cum	quandōcumque quandōque cumque °quandōnē °ᵉquandōquandō °cumcumque	quondam aliquandō̆	°quandōlibet	quandōque	†quoniam	umquam	numquam	aliās
quantity				tam	†tamen †tandem	quam	quamcumque †quamquam	aliquam	quamvīs quamlibet	quamque
size				tantus	tantusdem	quantus	quantuscumque quantusquantus	aliquantus	quantusvīs quantuslibet	quantusque
quality				tālis		quālis	quāliscumque quālisquālis	aliquālis	quālislibet	quālisque
number				tot	totidem	quot	quotquot quotcumque	aliquot	quotlibet
order/fractional				totus		quotus	°quotuscumque	°aliquotus	°quotuslibet	°quotusque °quotusquisque
repetition				totiēns		quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns	quotiēnslibet	quotiēnsque °quotiēnsquisque			°nūllotiēns
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat changed ° Rare ‡ Only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative. ª Used almost exclusively to form locutions or compounds. ᵇ All locutions ending in modī, modō, propter, circā or tenus can be univerbalized and vice versa, except de, secus and if another suffix, such as -cumque, -que or -libet, follows them, quemadmodum can also come as a locution in "quem ad modum", quārē can even also come separately especially if accompanied by a preposition, such as dē. ᶜ Used purely and simply as an interrogative in direct questions (then irrelative), its relative meaning is somewhat lost, if it ever had one. ᵉemphatic

See also

• aliquantō
• multō
• nihilō
• nimiō
• nūllō
• paulō
• tantō

Adjective

quantō

1. 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, 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

Alternative forms

• quánto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷos?

Proto-Indo-European *-onts?

Proto-Indo-European *kʷoider.?

Proto-Italic *kʷāntos

Latin quantus

Old Galician-Portuguese quanto

Portuguese quantoder.

Macanese quanto

Derived from Portuguese quanto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwan.tu/

Determiner

quanto

1. (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?

2. several, a few, some

   quanto cento ― several hundred

   Chomâ quanto cúli para cartá tudo ancuza

   Call a few coolies to carry everything

Particle

quanto

1. 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

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm
• https://comotavai.com/2012/02/24/pronomes-demonstrativos/

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• quãto (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷos?

Proto-Indo-European *-onts?

Proto-Indo-European *kʷoider.?

Proto-Italic *kʷāntos

Latin quantus

Old Galician-Portuguese quanto

Portuguese quanto

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese quanto, from Latin quantus (“how much; how many”). Doublet of quantum.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷɐ̃.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷɐ̃.tu/

• (Minho) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃(n).tu/, /ˈkã(n).tu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu
• Hyphenation: quan‧to

Preposition

quanto

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

Derived terms

• quanto a

Determiner

quanto (feminine quanta, masculine 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. (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)

1. (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?

2. (relative) as much as

   Eu como quanto quiser.

   I eat as much as I want.

Derived terms

• o quanto antes
• quanto a
• quanto antes

Adverb

quanto

1. (interrogative, relative) how (to what degree)

   Synonym: quão

   Digam o quanto quente vocês querem a pizza.

   Tell me how hot you want your pizza.

Related terms

• quantia
• quântico
• quantidade
• quantificar
• quantitativo
• quantizar
• quantum

Further reading

• “quanto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “quanto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology 1

Adjective

quanto (feminine 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

Etymology 2

Noun

quanto m (plural quantos)

1. rare form of cuanto (“quantum”)

Further reading

• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “quanto”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA