Learn Romanian › cât
cât
how much / how many /kɨt/
adverb#114 most common
Also: as much as / as many as, what (time), however much
Example sentences
Cât costă biletul?
How much does the ticket cost?
Cât e ceasul acum?
What time is it now?
Nu știu cât timp va dura ședința.
I don't know how long the meeting will last.
Câte cărți ai citit anul acesta?
How many books have you read this year?
Cu cât muncești mai mult, cu atât înveți mai mult.
The more you work, the more you learn.
Nu-mi dau seama cât de mult s-a schimbat orașul de când am plecat.
I can't tell how much the city has changed since I left.
Word family
atâtthat much, so muchcâtvaa certain amount of, someoricâthowever much, no matter how much
câtimequantity, amount
câți/câtehow many (masc./fem.-neut. plural forms)
Etymology
Cât descends from the Latin quantus, meaning how much or how great. Standard sound changes turned the initial qu- into c- and reduced the ending, giving the modern one-syllable word. The same Latin root produced similar question words across the Romance languages.
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