Express quantity in Spanish
Let’s start with the ones you probably know:
-mucho/mucha/muchos/muchas – much/many/a lot of.
They change gender and number depending on the noun they go with.
En el concierto había muchas personas-In the concert there were a lot of people
#note when we use it with verbs we use mucho, always, ejemplo: trabajo mucho-I work a lot
–bastante(s) –enough/quite
No quiero comer más, he comido bastante-I don’t want to eat more, I have had enough
En la fiesta había bastantes personas-there were quite a few people at the party
–demasiado/demasiada/demasiados/demasiadas-too/too much/too many
No puedo levantar la caja, es demasiado pesada-I can’t lift the box, it is too heavy
No puedo beber eso, tiene demasiado azúcar- I can’t drink that, it has too much sugar on it.
-poco– little/a little
Sofía habla poco- Sofía speaks little
Estoy un poco cansada- I am a little tired
-por ciento (%)-per cent
El 30 % de la población tiene moto- 30 per cent of the population has a motorbike
-La mayoría-most
A la mayoría de los niños les encantan los caramelos-Most children love candy
Now let’s see some interesting and very popular in the daily conversations
You can also watch the video for this native ways to express quantity here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dkyA9FFm7w&feature=youtu.be
–un montón–a lot of
En la fiesta había un montón de gente- There was a lot of people at the party
-mogollón-loads/heaps
Si necesitas un buen libro para leer te puedo dejar alguno, tengo mogollón-If you need a good book to read I can let you one, I have loads.
-a patadas-in big amounts
En la fiesta de Navidad siempre hay comida a patadas–At the Christmas party there is always food in big amounts
–a mares-a lot
Si sales lleva paraguas, está lloviendo a mares-If you are going out take an umbrella, it is raining a lot.
-de más-in excess/too much/too many
El portavoz habló de más y dijo cosas que no debia- The spokesperson talked in excess/too much and he said things that he should haven’t
-de sobra-plenty/spare/more than enough
No estoy nerviosa por mi entrevista, tengo tiempo de sobra para prepararla-I am not nervous for my interview, I have plenty time to prepare it.
-con creces-by far/in excess
La nueva pelicula de Antonia Banderas satisfizó con creces mis expectativas-Anotnio Bandera’s new movie met my expectations by far
-promedio-average
El promedio de las personas vive en una casa de alquiler- The average people lives in a rented flat
–una serie de-a serie of
En mi trabajo siempre tenemos una serie de proyectos locales-We always have a serie of local projects at work
–contados-few/rare/limited
Tengo el tiempo contado para acabar este trabajo-I have a limited time to finish this job.
Personas contadas hablan otro idioma en mi trabajo- Few people speak another language at my job.
-un puñado-a handful
Solo quiero un puñado de frambuesas-I only want a handful of raspberries
-un pelín-a little bit/slightly
Estoy un pelín preocupada porque Julia aún no me ha llamado- I am a little bit worried because Julia has not phoned me yet
I think you have a few, so I am going to leave it here. But, if you are hungry for more, I have created a pdf with more ways to express quantity that I thought might be useful for you. As we can express quantity by using nouns and adverbs of quantity, as well as measures of weight, distance or volume, especially in reference to food, and in this pdf you can learn some measures regarding food , to get it click here.
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