kuanto

See also: kuánto

Ladino

Alternative forms

• cuanto, (obsolete) quanto

Etymology

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

Determiner

kuanto (Hebrew spelling קואנטו, feminine kuanta, masculine plural kuantos, feminine plural kuantas)

1. (after ‘unos’) a few; a handful
   • 2025 January 29, Silvyo Ovadya, “Los Evenimyentos de esta semana”, in Şalom‎^[1]:

     Ay unos kuantos mezes ke la posta no fonksyona para Israel; i es la mizma koza de Israel para la Turkiya.

     It’s been a few months since the mail ceased functioning for Israel, and the same goes for Turkiÿe.

     (literally, “There are some few months that the mail does not function for Israel; and it is the same thing of Israel for Turkiÿe.”)

2. how many or how much…?

   Synonym: kamma

   Kuantos anyos tienes? ― How old are you? (literally, “How many years have you?”)

   • 2003, Jacobo Cohenca, Dispersión y reencuentro: genealogía, historia y legado de familias sefaraditas‎^[2], Grupo Editorial Lumen, →ISBN, page 283:

     Li disheron:
     —¿Kuanto keres…?
     El disho:
     —Mozotros tomimos kadal día 25 groshes, es komo oy 25 shekalim…

     They asked him, ‘How much do you want?’ He replied, ‘We took twenty-five groshes daily; it is like twenty-five shekels today…’

Palenquero

Determiner

kuanto

1. how many or how much…?
   • 1987, Antoine J. Maduro, Palenkero i papiamentu‎^[3], I.e. Curaçao, page 26:

     i kuanto utere tene?

     And how much do you lot have?