tanto
Portuguese, determiner/ˈtɐ̃.tu/
tanto is spelled T-A-N-T-O (5 letters) and appears 380 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 240th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tanto is a Portuguese determiner meaning “so much / so many (a large or excessive amount)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tanto mean in English?
adverb
- 1
so much (to a large or excessive degree)
Corri tanto.
determiner
- 1
so much / so many (a large or excessive amount)
Ele perdeu tanto sangue que morreu.
pronoun
- 1
so much / so many (a large or excessive amount)
pronoun
- 1
as much as / as many as
Li tantos livros quanto meu irmão.
noun
- 1
masculinean unspecified or irrelevant amount of something
Comi um tanto de torta.
- 2
masculinean amount equal to a previously specified amount
A moeda de ouro vale cinco tantos mais que a de prata.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. em tal quantidade ou grau 2. muito, em um alto grau
pronoun: 1. em tal quantidade
noun: 1. um tanto ou algum tanto: uma certa quantidade 2. esse tanto: essa quantidade neste nível 3. o tanto que: o quanto: quão intensamente, com qual intensidade
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tanto
- tãto alternative abbreviation obsolete
- tanta feminine
- tantos masculine plural
- tantas feminine plural
- tanto … quanto canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tanto?
- Brazil /ˈtɐ̃.tu/
- Portugal /ˈtɐ̃.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tanto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tanto in Portuguese?
tanto appears 380 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).