tanto
( f tant a )aggettivo indefinito
| 1. | [quantità ]
such a lot of, so much
ho tanto lavoro I've got so much work o such a lot of work lo conosco da tanto tempo I've known him for such a long time o for ages ho tanta fame/tanto sonno I'm so hungry/sleepy tanto … da/che … so much … that … |
| 2. | [numero]
such a lot of, so many
ho tanti amici I've got such a lot of friends ci sono tante cose da fare there are so many things to do tanti … da/che … so many … that … tanti auguri! [a Natale] Merry Christmas! [per il compleanno] Happy Birthday! |
| 3. | [in paragoni]
tanto… quanto … as o so much … as … tanti… quanti … as many … as … |
tanto
( f tant a )pronome indefinito
| 1. | [quantità]
such a lot
(così) tanto … da/che … so much … that … |
| 2. | [numero]
so many (people)
una ragazza come tante a girl like so many others (così) tanti … da/che … so many … that … in tanti a lot of people, erano in tanti there were a lot of people |
| 3. | [molta gente]
tanti many people |
| 4. | [in paragoni]
tanto quanto as much as tanti quanti as many as |
| 5. | [quantità indeterminata]
some
un tanto so much, un tanto al mese so much a month |
| tanto vale
you/he/we etc.
might as well
tanto vale che tu stia a casa you might as well stay at home |
tanto
avverbio
| 1. | [con verbi]
so much
ti ringrazio tanto thank you so much mi piace tanto I like it/him etc. so much |
| 2. | [con aggettivi o avverbi]
so
parlava tanto lentamente he spoke so slowly tanto … da/che … so … that …, è tanto grasso che … he's so fat that …, sono tanto sciocchi da crederci they're silly enough to believe it tanto meglio! all the better! tanto più che especially since |
| 3. | [in paragoni]
tanto … quanto … as … as …, non studia tanto quanto potrebbe she doesn't study as much as she could, era tanto bella quanto intelligente she was as beautiful as she was intelligent |
| 4. | [temporale]
for a long time
non ci possiamo fermare tanto we can't stay long hai aspettato tanto? have you been waiting long? |
| 5. | [soltanto]
just
tanto per divertirsi just for fun tanto per cambiare just for a change una volta tanto once in a while |
tanto
congiunzione
in any case
