No. 2,717 in Portuguese
quantos
"Quantos" means "how many" in English.
In a sentence
Quantos livros você tem na sua coleção?
How many books do you have in your collection?
Here, 'quantos' is used as an interrogative pronoun to enquire about the quantity of books.
Eu não sei quantos alunos virão na aula hoje.
I don't know how many students will come to class today.
In this context, 'quantos' is used within a subordinate clause to refer to an unknown quantity of students.
Quantos anos você tem?
How old are you?
In this case, 'quantos' is part of a common expression to inquire about someone's age, referencing the quantity of years.
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