so much

tanto, tanta

Indica una grande quantità di qualcosa, talvolta superiore al necessario o al desiderato.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: so much + uncountable noun (Why is there so much traffic today?)

Sinonimi: a lot of

Contrari: little

Espressioni comuni: so much money, so much time, so much food

tanto, tanta

Indica una quantità abbastanza grande da provocare un certo risultato.

In inglese semplice: 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.

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

Espressioni comuni: so much rain, so much noise, so much work

tanto quanto

Confronta una quantità con un’altra, di solito per dire che non è altrettanto grande.

In inglese semplice: 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.

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

Sinonimi: as much

Espressioni comuni: so much as before, so much water, so much space

questa quantità di, quella quantità di

Indica la quantità di qualcosa che viene mostrata o segnalata.

In inglese semplice: 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.

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

Sinonimi: this much, that much

Espressioni comuni: just so much flour, only so much water, so much sugar

tanto

Si riferisce a una grande quantità di qualcosa già menzionato o chiaro dal contesto.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: a lot

Contrari: little

Espressioni comuni: eat so much, spend so much, need so much, so much of something

molto, tanto

Indica che un sentimento, un’azione o una situazione ha un’intensità molto grande.

In inglese semplice: To a very great degree.

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

Sinonimi: very much, a lot

Contrari: little

Espressioni comuni: love someone so much, miss someone so much, thank someone so much

così tanto

Indica il grado menzionato o osservato, spesso maggiore di quanto si desidera.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: that much, to that extent

Espressioni comuni: complain so much, worry so much, talk so much

così tanto

Indica un grado abbastanza elevato da provocare un risultato preciso.

In inglese semplice: 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.

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

Espressioni comuni: laugh so much, hurt so much, change so much