la+reconocí+en+cuanto+la+vi

cuantos hombres la ven se enamoran de ella — all the men that see her fall for her

cuantos más invitados vengan más comida habrá que preparar — the more guests come, the more food we'll have to prepare

cuanto menos dinero tiene la gente, menos gasta en salir a comer — the less money people have, the less they spend on eating out

cuantos menos errores hagas mejor — the fewer mistakes you make, the better

• unos cuantos — (=no muchos) a few; (=bastantes) quite a few

solo unos cuantos funcionarios permanecerán en el país — only a few officials will stay in the country

he leído unos cuantos libros suyos — I've read quite a few of his books

tome cuanto quiera — take as much as you want, take all you want

cuantos más mejor — the more the better

• unos cuantos — (=no muchos) a few; (=bastantes) quite a few

lo sabíamos unos cuantos, pero la mayoría no — a few of us knew, but most people didn't

hay unos cuantos en clase que no hacen más que molestar — there are a few people in the class who do nothing but cause trouble

-¿cuántos vinieron? -unos cuantos — "how many people came?" - "quite a few"

cuanto más intentes convencerlo, menos caso te hará — the more you try to persuade him, the more he will ignore you

cuanto más corto mejor — the shorter, the better

cuanto menos se hable sobre este asunto mejor — the less (that is) said about this issue, the better

• cuanto antes — as soon as possible

tiene que estar terminado cuanto antes — it has to be finished as soon as possible

en cuanto — (=tan pronto como) as soon as; (=en calidad de) as

en cuanto lo supe me fui — as soon as I heard I left

iré en cuanto pueda — I'll go as soon as I can

el cuento infantil, en cuanto género literario — children's stories, as a literary genre

en cuanto a — as regards, as for

en cuanto a mí — as for me

en cuanto que — insofar as

• cuanto más — especially

no escribe a nadie, cuanto más a nosotros — he doesn't write to anyone, let alone us

• cuanto menos — to say the least

esta interpretación es, cuanto menos, discutible — this interpretation is debatable to say the least

• por cuanto — in that, inasmuch as frm

llama la atención por cuanto supone de innovación — it attracts attention because of its novelty value

grita cuanto quieras — shout as much as you like

cuantos más/menos seamos, mejor — the more/the fewer of us there are the better

cuanto antes empecemos, más pronto terminaremos — the sooner we begin, the sooner we'll finish

cuanto antes — as soon as possible

cuanto más — let alone

es duro para una persona sana, cuanto más para un enfermo — it's hard enough for a healthy person, let alone somebody who's ill

en cuanto pueda — as soon as I can

en cuanto a conocimientos del tema... — as far as knowledge of the subject is concerned...

tiene cuanto libro hay sobre el tema — she has every book there is on the subject

unos cuantos — a few

unos cuantos amigos — a few friends

había unas cuantas personas — there were several o quite a few people there

le di todo cuanto tenía — I gave her everything I had

fuimos sólo unos cuantos — only a few of us went

unos cuantos que yo conozco — a few people I can think of

grita cuanto quieras — shout as much as you like

cuantos más/menos seamos, mejor — the more/the fewer of us there are the better

cuanto antes empecemos, más pronto terminaremos — the sooner we begin, the sooner we'll finish

cuanto antes — as soon as possible

cuanto más — let alone

es duro para una persona sana, cuanto más para un enfermo — it's hard enough for a healthy person, let alone somebody who's ill

en cuanto pueda — as soon as I can

en cuanto a conocimientos del tema... — as far as knowledge of the subject is concerned...

tiene cuanto libro hay sobre el tema — she has every book there is on the subject

unos cuantos — a few

unos cuantos amigos — a few friends

había unas cuantas personas — there were several o quite a few people there

le di todo cuanto tenía — I gave her everything I had

fuimos sólo unos cuantos — only a few of us went

unos cuantos que yo conozco — a few people I can think of

tiene tanto dinero que no sabe qué hacer con él — he has so much money he doesn't know what to do with it

¡tuve tanta suerte! — I was so lucky!

¡tengo tantas cosas que hacer hoy! — I have so many things to do today!

había tantos coches que no había donde aparcar — there were so many cars that there was nowhere to park

tiene tanto dinero como yo — he has as much money as I do

no recibe tantas llamadas como yo — he doesn't get as many calls as I do

había cuarenta y tantos invitados — there were forty-odd guests

hay otros tantos candidatos — there are as many more candidates, there's the same number of candidates again

se dividen el trabajo en otras tantas partes — they divide up the work into a like number of parts

gana tanto — he earns so much

no necesitamos tantas — we don't need so many

vinieron tantos que no cabían en la sala — so many people came that they wouldn't all fit into the room

gano tanto como tú — I earn as much as you

coge tantos como quieras — take as many as you like

a tantos de marzo — on such and such a day in March

yo no sé qué tantos de libros hay — I don't know how many books there are

estar fuera hasta las tantas — to stay out until all hours

-¿qué hora es? -deben de ser las tantas — "what's the time?" - "it must be pretty late"

ni tanto así —

no nos desvíamos ni tanto así — we didn't deviate even by this much

no le tengo ni tanto así de lástima — I haven't a scrap of pity for him

¡y tanto! —

-¿necesitarás unas vacaciones? -¡y tanto! — "do you need a holiday?" - "you bet I do!"

se preocupa tanto que no puede dormir — he gets so worried that he can't sleep, he worries so much that he can't sleep

estoy cansada de tanto andar — I'm tired after all this walking

¡cuesta tanto comprar una casa! — buying a house is such hard work!

no deberías trabajar tanto — you shouldn't work so hard

¡no corras tanto! — don't run so fast!

tanto como corre, va a perder la carrera — he may be a fast runner, but he's still going to lose the race

tanto como habla no dice más que tonterías — all his talk is just hot air

tanto tú como yo — both you and I

tanto si viene como si no — whether he comes or not

los dos son ya mayores, aunque su mujer no tanto — the two of them are elderly, although his wife less so

es un poco tacaño, pero tanto como estafador, no — he's a bit on the mean side, but I wouldn't go so far as to call him a swindler

es tanto más loable cuanto que... — it is all the more praiseworthy because...

tanto mejor para ti — so much the better for you

estoy en contra de la leyes en tanto sistema represivo — I am against laws as (being) a repressive system

no puede haber democracia en tanto que siga habiendo torturas — for as long as there is torture, there can never be democracy, there cannot be democracy while there is torture

la Iglesia en tanto que institución — the Church as an institution

me paga un tanto fijo cada semana — he pays me a fixed amount each week

cobra un tanto por página — he gets so much per page

tanto alzado — fixed price

por un tanto alzado — for a fixed rate

tanto por ciento — percentage

Juárez marcó el segundo tanto — Juárez scored the second goal

marcó dos tantos — he scored twice

tanto a favor — goal for, point for

tanto del honor — consolation goal

tanto en contra — goal against, point against

• estar al tanto — to be up to date

estar al tanto de los acontecimientos — to be fully abreast of events

• un tanto — [como adv] rather

estoy un tanto cansado — I'm rather tired

es tan difícil de describir — it's so difficult to describe

es una chica tan amable! — she's such a nice girl!

si es así, tanto mejor — if that's the case, so much the better

la tan esperada boda — the long-awaited wedding

tan/tanto... que — so... (that)

tanto insistió que me quedé — he was so insistent that I stayed

tan/tanto... como — as... as

no es tan tímida como parece — she's not as shy as she looks

tan pronto como le sea posible — as soon as you can

no han mejorado tanto como para poder ganar — they haven't improved enough to win

tanto Suárez como Vargas votaron en contra — both Suárez and Vargas voted against

no lo reconocí de tan viejo que estaba — he had aged so much I didn't recognize him

qué tanto/qué tan: ¿qué tan alto es? how tall is he?; ¿qué tanto hay de cierto en eso? — how much of it is true?

había tanto espacio/tantos niños — there was so much space/there were so many children

tiene tanta fuerza...! — she has such strength...!

tanto tiempo sin verte! — it's been so long!

cincuenta y tantos pesos — fifty and something pesos

había tanto mosquitos — there were so many mosquitoes

quería azúcar, pero no tanta — I wanted sugar but not that much

es uno de tantos — he's one of many

tengo tanto que hacer! — I've so much to do!

¿de verdad gana tanto? — does he really earn that much?

no te pongas así, no es para tanto — come on, there's no need to get like that about it

hasta las tantas de la madrugada — until the early hours of the morning

en mil ochocientos treinta y tantos — in eighteen thirty-something

cincuenta y tantas — fifty-odd, fifty or so

hace tanto que no me llama — it's been so long since she called me

aún faltan dos horas - ¿tanto? — there's still two hours to go - what? that long?

en tanto — while

en tanto + subj — as long as, so long as

en tanto tú estés aquí — as long as you're here

entre tanto — meanwhile, in the meantime

hasta tanto (no) se solucione este conflicto — until this conflict is solved

otro tanto — as much again

me queda otro tanto por hacer — I have as much again still to do

cuesta $15 y las pilas, casi otro tanto — it costs $15 and then the batteries cost nearly as much again

otro tanto cabe decir de... — the same can be said of...

por (lo) tanto — therefore

tan siquiera: no pudo ni tan siquiera gritar he couldn't even shout; cómprale tan siquiera unas flores at least buy her some flowers; si tan siquiera me hubieras prevenido! if only you'd warned me!; tan sólo only; tanto es así que... so much so that...; tanto más cuanto que... — especially since...

un tanto por ciento — a certain percentage

hay que dejar un tanto de depósito — you have to put down a certain amount as a deposit

apuntarse un tanto — to score a point

es tan difícil de describir — it's so difficult to describe

es una chica tan amable! — she's such a nice girl!

si es así, tanto mejor — if that's the case, so much the better

la tan esperada boda — the long-awaited wedding

tan/tanto... que — so... (that)

tanto insistió que me quedé — he was so insistent that I stayed

tan/tanto... como — as... as

no es tan tímida como parece — she's not as shy as she looks

tan pronto como le sea posible — as soon as you can

no han mejorado tanto como para poder ganar — they haven't improved enough to win

tanto Suárez como Vargas votaron en contra — both Suárez and Vargas voted against

no lo reconocí de tan viejo que estaba — he had aged so much I didn't recognize him

qué tanto/qué tan: ¿qué tan alto es? how tall is he?; ¿qué tanto hay de cierto en eso? — how much of it is true?

había tanto espacio/tantos niños — there was so much space/there were so many children

tiene tanta fuerza...! — she has such strength...!

tanto tiempo sin verte! — it's been so long!

cincuenta y tantos pesos — fifty and something pesos

había tanto mosquitos — there were so many mosquitoes

quería azúcar, pero no tanta — I wanted sugar but not that much

es uno de tantos — he's one of many

tengo tanto que hacer! — I've so much to do!

¿de verdad gana tanto? — does he really earn that much?

no te pongas así, no es para tanto — come on, there's no need to get like that about it

hasta las tantas de la madrugada — until the early hours of the morning

en mil ochocientos treinta y tantos — in eighteen thirty-something

cincuenta y tantas — fifty-odd, fifty or so

hace tanto que no me llama — it's been so long since she called me

aún faltan dos horas - ¿tanto? — there's still two hours to go - what? that long?

en tanto — while

en tanto + subj — as long as, so long as

en tanto tú estés aquí — as long as you're here

entre tanto — meanwhile, in the meantime

hasta tanto (no) se solucione este conflicto — until this conflict is solved

otro tanto — as much again

me queda otro tanto por hacer — I have as much again still to do

cuesta $15 y las pilas, casi otro tanto — it costs $15 and then the batteries cost nearly as much again

otro tanto cabe decir de... — the same can be said of...

por (lo) tanto — therefore

tan siquiera: no pudo ni tan siquiera gritar he couldn't even shout; cómprale tan siquiera unas flores at least buy her some flowers; si tan siquiera me hubieras prevenido! if only you'd warned me!; tan sólo only; tanto es así que... so much so that...; tanto más cuanto que... — especially since...

un tanto por ciento — a certain percentage

hay que dejar un tanto de depósito — you have to put down a certain amount as a deposit

apuntarse un tanto — to score a point