No. 1,284 in Catalan
quant
"Quant" in Catalan means "how much" or "how many."
In a sentence
Quant temps tens?
How much time do you have?
Here, 'quant' is used as an interrogative adverb to inquire about the quantity of 'temps' (time).
Quant plàtan vol menjar?
How many bananas does he/she want to eat?
In this context, 'quant' functions as an interrogative adjective describing 'plàtan' (bananas).
No sé quant costarà.
I don't know how much it will cost.
'Quant' here is used as a subordinating conjunction to denote the amount of the unknown cost.
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