how long

quanto lungo, di quale durata

Si usa per chiedere la durata di un evento, un soggiorno o un periodo.

In inglese semplice: Used to ask about the length of an event, stay, or period of time.

• How long is the film?
• How long was your holiday?
• Could you tell me how long the meeting will be?

Come si usa: how long is/are something? (How long is the lesson?); how long are you here for? (How long are you here for this time?)

Espressioni comuni: how long is something, how long a stay

quanto lungo

Si usa per chiedere la distanza tra un’estremità e l’altra di qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: Used to ask about the distance from one end of something to the other.

• How long is this rope?
• Do you know how long the tunnel is?
• How long were the pieces you cut?

Come si usa: how long is/are something? (How long is the bridge?)

Sinonimi: what length

Espressioni comuni: how long is something, how long a rope

quanto tempo, da quanto tempo

Si usa per chiedere quanto dura un’azione o una situazione, oppure da quanto tempo continua.

In inglese semplice: Used to ask how much time an action or situation lasts.

• How long did you wait?
• How long have they lived here?
• Do you know how long the battery will last?

Come si usa: how long + auxiliary + subject + verb? (How long have you worked here?); how long does it take to do something? (How long does it take to walk home?)

Sinonimi: for how much time

Espressioni comuni: how long to wait, how long it takes