How far is it..........

Question

It just occured to me, if I want to say "Is it far"? I say ¿Es muy lejos? (note that ¿está lejos? would indicate a location and not an unstated distance...... at any rate I don't want to get into THAT discussion)

but that if I wanted to say "HOW far is it?" I don't know how I would proceed with that.

It's far. How far? Not with como, I think. ¿Cuántos miles de aquí es/está? But, anyway to just say "How far" simply, like that? Gracias. Es lejos...... ¿como? Something like that....

Answer 1

"¿Cuán lejos es/está [Paris de Galicia][de aquí]?"

"¿Qué tan lejos queda [Paris de Galicia][de aquí]?"

Answer 2

Just as a matter of interest, in Spain this "qué tan lejos" sounds really off, I know though it is used.

We say:

¿A qué distancia....?

:) - Deanski, Apr 6, 2011

i remember we had a whole Satchat on ¿De dónde eres , and ¿ A qué distacia Paris de?? - ray76, Apr 6, 2011

In the Berlitz program for Latin American they use "qué tan lejos" - Yeser007, Apr 6, 2011

Interesting, so I will assume it's three then, que tan lejos, cuan lejos, and a que distancia........ (sorry this keyboard doesn't make the accents well) - jeezzle, Apr 6, 2011

Answer 3

Oh yeah, que tan lejos how could I forget that, thanks.