tant
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Pronúncia: tán
    adjectiu
  1. [la mateixa quantitat de, el mateix nombre de] so (much \ many), as (much \ many).
  2. avui no fa tant (de) vent com ahir today is not as windy as yesterday.
  3. fan tant (de) soroll que no sento res [tal quantitat de, tal nombre de] they are making so much noise that I can’t hear a word.
  4. no em creia que tinguessis tants enemics I didn’t think that you had so many enemies.
    5. pronom
  5. tens gaires diners? tants com tu [la mateixa quantitat, el mateix nombre] do you have any money? as much as you.
  6. són tants que costaria molt de comptar-los [tal quantitat, tal nombre] there are so many (of them) that it would be difficult to count them.
    7. masculí
  7. comerç i mercat i finances etc. [quantitat, especialment de diners] certain amount, so much.
  8. havia de pagar un tant cada mes I had to pay so much a month.
  9. estar tants a tants figuradament to be even, be quits, be all square.
  10. tant per cent percentage, rate.
    11. adverbi
  11. i tant! yes indeed!, to be sure!, surely!, of course!
  12. de tant en tant now and again, from time to time, occasionally.
  13. en tant que... as long as, as much as....
  14. per tant so, therefore.
  15. tant és, tant se val, tant li fa it doesn’t matter, it makes no difference, it’s all the same.
  16. tant sí com no willy-nilly.
  17. tant per tant by rights, if everything is weighed up.
  18. (ídem) (one) might as well.
  19. tants caps tants barrets col·loquial so many men so many minds.
  20. tant de bo! if only it were so!, if only it would! etc.
  21. (ídem) no such luck!, some hope!
  22. potser demà farà sol: tant de bo! it may be fine tomorrow: I hope it will be!
  23. (ídem) [en un to pessimista] it may be fine tomorrow: some hope!
    24. conjunció
  24. tant de bo que I wish...!, if only...!
  25. (ídem) [retòricament] would that...!
  26. tant de bo que arribi aviat! I hope she comes soon!, I wish she’d come!
  27. tant de bo que pogués! I wish I could!, if only I could!