so much

tanto, tanta

Indica una cantidad grande de algo, a veces mayor de lo necesario o deseado.

En inglés sencillo: A large amount of something, sometimes more than is needed or wanted.

• There is so much food!
• Why did you spend so much money?
• We wasted so much time yesterday.

Cómo se usa: so much + uncountable noun (Why is there so much traffic today?)

Sinónimos: a lot of

Antónimos: little

Expresiones frecuentes: so much money, so much time, so much food

tanto, tanta

Indica una cantidad tan grande de algo que provoca un resultado.

En inglés sencillo: An amount large enough to make something else happen.

• There was so much noise that I woke up.
• She had so much work that she missed lunch.
• We bought so much food that the fridge was full.

Cómo se usa: so much + noun + that… (There was so much rain that the road flooded.)

Expresiones frecuentes: so much rain, so much noise, so much work

tanto como

Compara una cantidad con otra, normalmente para indicar que no llega a ser igual de grande.

En inglés sencillo: An amount compared with another amount, usually to say that it is smaller.

• There is not so much snow as last year.
• We do not have so much time as you do.
• The garden never needed so much water before.

Cómo se usa: not so much + noun + as… (There is not so much traffic as there was yesterday.)

Sinónimos: as much

Expresiones frecuentes: so much as before, so much water, so much space

esta cantidad de, esa cantidad de

Indica la cantidad de algo que se está mostrando o señalando.

En inglés sencillo: The amount of something being shown or indicated.

• Use just so much flour, as shown here.
• She poured so much water, pointing to the mark.
• Add only so much sugar, as I have measured here.

Cómo se usa: just/only so much + noun (Use just so much flour, as I am showing you.)

Sinónimos: this much, that much

Expresiones frecuentes: just so much flour, only so much water, so much sugar

tanto

Se refiere a una cantidad grande de algo ya mencionado o entendido.

En inglés sencillo: A large amount of something already mentioned or understood.

• Why did you eat so much?
• I wanted some help, but I never expected so much.
• This bread is cheap; you need not pay so much.

Sinónimos: a lot

Antónimos: little

Expresiones frecuentes: eat so much, spend so much, need so much, so much of something

mucho, tanto

Indica que un sentimiento, una acción o una situación tiene mucha intensidad.

En inglés sencillo: To a very great degree.

• I love you so much.
• She missed her friends so much.
• Thank you so much for your help.

Sinónimos: very much, a lot

Antónimos: little

Expresiones frecuentes: love someone so much, miss someone so much, thank someone so much

tanto

Indica la intensidad mencionada u observada, a menudo mayor de lo que alguien desea.

En inglés sencillo: To the degree mentioned or noticed, often more than someone wants.

• Please stop shouting so much.
• Why do you worry so much?
• His knee never used to hurt so much.

Sinónimos: that much, to that extent

Expresiones frecuentes: complain so much, worry so much, talk so much

tanto

Indica un grado tan intenso que provoca un resultado concreto.

En inglés sencillo: To a degree great enough to cause a particular result.

• I laughed so much that I cried.
• His foot hurt so much that he could not walk.
• The town has changed so much that I hardly recognize it.

Cómo se usa: verb + so much that… (She laughed so much that she could not speak.)

Expresiones frecuentes: laugh so much, hurt so much, change so much