cantidad

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) amount
2. (feminine) quantity
3. (feminine) figure
4. (colloquial,feminine) plenty; shedload

Adv

like hell; a hell of a lot; shedloads

Concepts

quantity

amount

sum

number

degree

rate

lot

measure

quantum

deal

see gran cantidad de

see una gran cantidad de

abundance

provision

total

volume

class

sort

species

type

qty

amount of money

sum of money

purse

batch

flock

good deal

great deal

hatful

heap

mass

mess

mickle

mint

mountain

muckle

passel

peck

pile

plenty

pot

quite a little

raft

sight

slew

spate

stack

tidy sum

wad

scads

dozens

gobs

heaps

lashings

loads

lots

oodles

piles

rafts

scores

slews

stacks

tons

wads

vowel length

Hyphenated as

can‧ti‧dad

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kantiˈdad/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish quantidat, borrowed from Latin quantitātem, from quantus (“how much”).

Sentences

De esta enorme cantidad , sólo ciento ochenta sitios están abiertos al público .

Of this enormous amount, only one hundred and eighty sites are open to the public.

No tienen apenas proteínas ni lípidos pero sí cierta cantidad de hidratos de carbono .

They have hardly any proteins or lipids but a certain amount of carbohydrates.

Debe su denominación a la peculiar cantidad de árboles que rodean el recinto .

It owes its name to the peculiar number of trees that surround the enclosure.