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tanto

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tanto, a det 1. (= molto) (quantità) → a lot of, much: (numero) → a lot of, many;
tanto pane/latte → a lot of bread/milk;
tanto tempo → a lot of time, a long time;
tanti auguri! → all the best!;
tante grazie → many thanks;
tanto persone → a lot of people, many people;
tante volte → many times, often;
ogni tanti chilometri → every so many kilometres
2 . (= così tanto) (quantità) → so much, such a lot of: (numero) → so many, such a lot of;
tanta fatica per niente! → a lot of trouble for nothing!;
ha tanto coraggio che ... → he's got so much courage that ..., he's so brave that ...;
ho aspettato per tanto tempo → I waited so long o for such a long time
3. tanto ... quanto (quantità) → as much ... as;
(numero) → as many ... as;
ho tanta pazienza quanta ne hai tu → I have as much patience as you have o as you;
ha tanti amici quanti nemici → he has as many friends as he has enemies pron
1. (= molto) → much, a lot (= così tanto); so much, such a lot;
tanti, e → many, a lot; so many; such a lot;
credevo ce ne fosse tanto → I thought there was (such) a lot, I thought there was plenty;
una persona come tante → a person just like any other;
è passato tanto (tempo) → it's been so long;
è tanto che aspetto → I've been waiting for a long time;
tanto di guadagnato! → so much the better!
2. tanto quanto (denaro) → as much as;
(cioccolatini) → as many as;
ne ho tanto quanto basta → I have as much as I need;
due volte tanto → twice as much
3. (indeterminato) → so much;
tanto per l'affitto, tanto per il gas → so much for the rent, so much for the gas;
costa un tanto al metro → it costs so much per metre;
di tanto in tanto, ogni tanto → every so often;
tanto vale che ... → I (o we etc) may as well ...;
tanto meglio! → so much the better!;
tanto peggio per lui! → so much the worse for him!;
se tanto mi dà tanto → if that's how things are;
guardare qc con tanto d'occhi → to gaze wide-eyed at sth av
1. (= molto) → very;
vengo tanto volentieri → I'd be very glad to come;
non ci vuole tanto a capirlo → it doesn't take much to understand it
2. (= così tanto) (con ag, av) → so: (con vb) → so much, such a lot;
è tanto bella! → she's so beautiful!;
non urlare tanto (forte) → don't shout so much;
sto tanto meglio adesso → I'm so much better now;
era tanto bella da non credere → she was incredibly beautiful;
tanto ... che → so ... (that);
tanto ... da → so ... as
3. tanto ... quanto → as ... as;
conosco tanto Carlo quanto suo padre → I know both Carlo and his father;
non è poi tanto complicato quanto sembra → it's not as difficult as it seems;
è tanto bella quanto buona → she is as good as she is beautiful;
tanto più insisti, tanto più non mollerà → the more you insist, the more stubborn he'll be;
quanto più ... tanto meno → the more ... the less;
quanto più lo conosco tanto meno mi piace → the better I know him the less I like him
4. (= solamente) → just;
tanto per cambiare/scherzare → just for a change/a joke;
una volta tanto → for once
5. (= a lungo) → (for) long congafter all;
non insistere, tanto è inutile → don't keep on, it's no use;
lascia stare, tanto è troppo tardi → forget it, it's too late

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