there's nowhere to park

ahora no bebo tanta leche — I don't drink so o as much milk now

• tanto... como — [en singular] as much... as; [en plural] as many... as

• tanto gusto — how do you do?, pleased to meet you

• tanto como — [en singular] as much as; [en plural] as many as

• es uno de tantos — he's nothing special

nació en el mil novecientos cuarenta y tantos — she was born in nineteen forty-something o some time in the forties

las tantas (de la madrugada o de la noche) —

el tren llegó a las tantas — the train arrived really late o in the middle of the night

• entre tanto — meanwhile

• mientras tanto — meanwhile

• no es para tanto — [al quejarse] it's not as bad as all that; [al enfadarse] there's no need to get like that about it

• por lo tanto — so, therefore

ya no vamos tanto al cine — we don't go to the cinema so o as much any more

ahora no la veo tanto — I don't see so o as much of her now, I don't see her so often now

• tanto como, él gasta tanto como yo — he spends as much as I do o as me

• tanto es así que — so much so that

• tanto como, es difícil, pero tanto como eso no creo — it's difficult, but not that difficult

• es tanto más difícil — it is all the more difficult

• tanto mejor — so much the better

• tanto peor — so much the worse

tanto peor para ti — it's your loss o that's just too bad

• en tanto — as (being)

• en tanto que — (=mientras que) while; (=como) as

¿qué tanto será? — LAm how much (is it)?

• otro tanto, las máquinas costaron otro tanto — the machines cost as much again o the same again

• apuntar los tantos — to keep score

• mantener a algn al tanto de algo — to keep sb informed about sth

• poner a algn al tanto de algo — to put sb in the picture about sth

y si no te gusta, tanto peor para ti — and if you don't like it, too bad o (colloq) tough!

no es tan difícil — it's not that difficult

ya no salimos tanto — nowadays we don't go out so often o so much

sale tanto como tú — he goes out as much o as often as you do

tanto/tantos... como as much/as many...as; sufro tanto como ella I suffer as much as she does; no hubo tantos turistas como el año pasado there weren't been as many o so many tourists as last year; tengo tanta suerte como tú — I'm as lucky as you are

tenía setenta y tantos años — he was seventy something, he was seventy-odd (colloq)

ni tanto ni tan calvo or tan poco — there's no need to go that far

no ser para tanto — (fam)

duele, pero no es para tanto — it hurts, but it's not that bad

tanto tienes tanto vales — you are what you own

hasta tanto + subj — (frml)

al tanto: me puso al tanto she put me in the picture; mantenerse al tanto de to keep up to date with; te mantendré al tanto I'll keep you informed; estar al tanto (pendiente, alerta) to be on the ball (colloq); ya está al tanto de lo ocurrido he already knows what's happened; un tanto triste — somewhat o rather o a little sad

y si no te gusta, tanto peor para ti — and if you don't like it, too bad o (colloq) tough!

no es tan difícil — it's not that difficult

ya no salimos tanto — nowadays we don't go out so often o so much

sale tanto como tú — he goes out as much o as often as you do

tanto/tantos... como as much/as many...as; sufro tanto como ella I suffer as much as she does; no hubo tantos turistas como el año pasado there weren't been as many o so many tourists as last year; tengo tanta suerte como tú — I'm as lucky as you are

tenía setenta y tantos años — he was seventy something, he was seventy-odd (colloq)

ni tanto ni tan calvo or tan poco — there's no need to go that far

no ser para tanto — (fam)

duele, pero no es para tanto — it hurts, but it's not that bad

tanto tienes tanto vales — you are what you own

hasta tanto + subj — (frml)

al tanto: me puso al tanto she put me in the picture; mantenerse al tanto de to keep up to date with; te mantendré al tanto I'll keep you informed; estar al tanto (pendiente, alerta) to be on the ball (colloq); ya está al tanto de lo ocurrido he already knows what's happened; un tanto triste — somewhat o rather o a little sad

Ex: It is rather a pity that book reviewers tend to ignore this very popular genre so much.

Ex: Kristen Taylor leads Carolina with three goals and an assist.

tengo mucho dinero — I have a lot of o lots of money

había mucha gente — there were a lot of o lots of people there

¿tienes mucho trabajo? — do you have a lot of o much work?

no tengo mucho dinero — I don't have a lot of o much money

tiene muchas plantas — he has got a lot of o lots of plants

muchas personas creen que no — a lot of o lots of people don't think so

se lo he dicho muchas veces — I've told him many o lots of times

¿había muchos niños en el parque? — were there a lot of o many children in the park?

no había muchos patos en el lago — there weren't a lot of o many ducks on the lake

había mucho borracho — there were a lot of o lots of drunks there

hay mucho tonto suelto — there are a lot of o lots of idiots around

es mucha mujer para ti — * that woman is too much for you

esta es mucha casa para nosotros — * this house is too big for us

tengo mucho que hacer — I have a lot o lots to do

tiene la culpa de mucho de lo que pasa — he's to blame for a lot of o much of what has happened

¿has aprendido mucho en este trabajo? — have you learnt a lot o much from this job?

no tengo mucho que hacer — I haven't got a lot o much to do

-¿cuánto vino queda? -mucho — "how much wine is left?" - "a lot" o "lots"

hace mucho que no salgo a bailar — it's a long time o ages since I went out dancing

somos muchos — there are a lot of o lots of us

son muchos los que no quieren — there are a lot o lots who don't want to

muchos dicen que... — a lot of o lots of o many people say that...

muchos de los ausentes — many of o a lot of those absent

-¿hay manzanas? -sí, pero no muchas — "are there any apples?" - "yes, but not many o not a lot"

¿vinieron muchos? — did many o a lot of people come?

-¿cuántos había? -muchos — "how many were there?" - "a lot" o "lots"

te quiero mucho — I love you very much o a lot

viene mucho — he comes often o a lot

lo siento mucho — I'm very o really sorry

¡mucho lo sientes tú! — * a fat lot you care! *

• mucho antes — long before

• mucho más — much o a lot more

• mucho menos — much o a lot less

• muy mucho, se guardará muy mucho de hacerlo — * he'll jolly well be careful not to do it *

• si no es mucho pedir — if that's not asking too much

• pensárselo mucho, se lo pensó mucho antes de contestar — he thought long and hard about it before replying

• mucho peor — much o a lot worse

• como mucho — at (the) most

• con mucho — by far, far and away

no se puede comparar, ni con mucho, a ninguna de nuestras ideas — it bears no comparison at all o you can't begin to compare it with any of our ideas

• cuando mucho — frm at (the) most

• tener a algn en mucho — to think highly of sb

• ni mucho menos, Juan no es ni mucho menos el que era — Juan is nothing like the man he was

• por mucho que, por mucho que estudies — however hard you study

me gusta muchísimo — I like it/her/him very much o a lot

funciona mucho mejor — it works much o a lot better

¿te gusta? - sí, mucho — do you like it? - yes, very much; para locs ver mucho III 3)

¿recibiste muchos regalos? — did you get many o a lot of presents?

mucho de lo que ha dicho — much o a lot of what he has said