Cuál o Cuánto
Hola!
Me pregunto cual pregunta es correcta cuando revisar el precio
¿Cuál es el precio de la habitación doble? o ¿Cuánto es el precio de la habitación doble?
O quizas ambas preguntas son correctas??
!Que todos tengan un buen tiempo!
Saludos
4 Answers
Cuál means which,,but somhow we used as ¿Cuál es el precio de habitación?
Cúanto will not an appropriate word for this quetion?
We will not say like .,,How is the price of the room???
Cúal is ok ,,we can use here 
"Cuál" means "which", as the other users pointed out before me.
However, no one happened to point out what that means exactly.
"Which" is used when there is more than one given option. Yes, in English many people use "what" when they should be using "which."
If you are looking in someone's closet and you ask them "What is your favorite jacket?" you are speaking incorrectly. It should be "Which is your favorite jacket?" since you are looking in a closet that presumably has more than one choice. All the choices are there to choose from.
You can't just throw "Cual" in wherever you please. It should be in there because it belongs, and it only belongs when there are multiple choices.
Perfect example? A multiple choice question. Say you are reviewing a test with your Spanish teacher and you got all the questions wrong.
One of the questions on the test was "¿Dónde tiene lugar esta historia?" without any choices. You would ask her "¿Qué es la respuesta correcta?"
You use "qué" because you have no idea and there are no choices. You are literally asking "What is the right answer?"
BUT, say there is a question that was multiple choice.
**¿Dónde vive Claudia?
- a. en el bosque
- b. en un castillo
- c. en una casa
- d. en una ciudad**
Then you would ask the teacher "¿Cuál es la respuesta correcta?" You use "cuál" because you are asking "which" is the correct answer, since there are a few to choose from.
Now, back to your question. If the hotel staff showed you a card with a list of prices that weren´t clearly labeled, then it would be appropriate to ask "¿Cuál es el precio de una habitación doble?" since you are looking at a few prices and you aren´t clear which one it is. Or perhaps the hotel manager rattled off a few prices early in the conversation, but you weren´t paying attention. You could still ask the question with "cuál," because you are referring to prices that were already stated, but you weren´t sure "which" one it was.
But if you have no idea what a price would be, and the person hasn´t told you anything yet about prices, you would say "¿Qué es el precio de una habitación doble?" What is the price? You have no idea, since they never told you any ballpark figure at all.
If you want to use "cuánto," you would just use it directly with the thing you want a price for. You are looking for the price of a double room. You would say "¿Cuánto es una habitación doble?" You would NOT say "¿Cuánto es el precio de una habitación doble?" because that would be asking how much the price of a double room is, instead of asking how much a double room is. See the difference? You would eliminated the word "price" from the question completely, since it is already assumed you are looking for a price when you say "cuánto" or "how much."
Oh, and you correctly used "Cual" in the question you asked. "Cuál pregunta es correcta" because you give two distinct choices. "Which one is correct?"
This does not literally translate. And, when shopping, this is really useful to know.
"Cuál" is "which," but is sometimes used as we English speakers would use "what."
"What is the price?" would be said, "¿Cuál es el precio?"
"Cuantos?" is "how many?" but is used as "how much?" However, in a shopping situation, if you just say, "¿Cuantos?" they will not know what you mean. In English, we would say, "How much?" and it would be a little rude, but it would mean something to the clerk. This has not been my experience in Spanish.
I have heard and used, "¿Cual es el precio?" Stick with that and you will be okay.
Good question. I think it's "cuál es el precio" (and I've heard this a few times), but I'm no expert, and in fact, I'd like to know myself. It might be that both are somewhat correct, but the former is much more common. Hope someone can enlighten us.
