cantidad

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish quantidat, borrowed from Latin quantitātem,[1] from quantus (“how much”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kantiˈdad/ [kãn̪.t̪iˈð̞að̞]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ad
  • Syllabification: can‧ti‧dad

Noun

cantidad f (plural cantidades)

  1. amount
  2. quantity
  3. figure
  4. (colloquial, without article, followed by "de") plenty; shedload
    Synonyms: tela, mogollón, montón
    Traje cantidad de comida para que disfruten hasta saciarse.
    I brought plenty of food for you to enjoy to your heart's content.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: kantidad

Adverb

cantidad

  1. (colloquial) like hell; a hell of a lot; shedloads

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cantidad”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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