# quanto
## Aragonese
### Etymology

Akin to Spanish cuanto, from Latin quantus.

### Pronoun

quanto
* how many

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkwan.to/

### Noun

quanto (plural quanti)
* quantity, amount

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkwan.to/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -anto
* Hyphenation: quàn‧to

### Etymology 1

From Latin quantus.

#### Adjective

quanto (feminine quanta, masculine plural quanti, feminine plural quante)
* how, how much, how many
    Quanti meccanici lavorano ora? ― How many mechanics work now?

#### Determiner

quanto
* how, how much, how many
    Quanto é grosso il tuo cane? ― How big is your dog?

#### Adverb

quanto
* to the extent that; as (much); insomuch as; as... as; as far as
    a quanto pare ― apparently (literally, “as far as it appears”)
    Sono triste quanto povero.I am as sad as I am poor.
    Lei è molto più capace di quanto lo fossi io a 22 anni.She is much more capable than I was when I was 22 years old.(literally, “She is much more capable than the extent to which I was [capable] at 22 years.”)

##### Related terms

* 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)
* quantum
    Synonym: quantum

## Latin
### Adjective

quantō
* 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’s 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

From Portuguese quanto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkwan.tu/

### Determiner

quanto
* (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?
* several, a few, some
    quanto cento ― several hundred
    Chomâ quanto cúli para cartá tudo ancuzaCall a few coolies to carry everything

### Particle

quanto
* plural particle for determiners ending in -unga
    estunga quanto ― these
    acunga quanto ― those
    Estunga quanto casa sâm bem di feoThese 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

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkʷɐ̃.tu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkʷɐ̃.tu/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu
* Hyphenation: quan‧to

### Preposition

quanto
* as (to the same extent or degree that)

#### Derived terms

* quanto a

### Determiner

quanto (feminine quanta, masculine plural quantos, feminine plural quantas)
* (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?
* (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)
* (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?
* (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
* (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

## Spanish
### Adjective

quanto (feminine quanta, masculine plural quantos, feminine plural quantas)
* Obsolete form of cuanto.

### Adverb

quanto
* Obsolete form of cuanto.

### Pronoun

quanto n (correlative of tanto)
* Obsolete form of cuanto.