What are the differences between "Cuanto" and ''Cuánto''?

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Please give your English and Spanish proficiency in your profile. Thanks! - Jubilado, Oct 5, 2014

:) - ian-hill, Oct 5, 2014

Answer 1

Haz cuantas pruebas sean necesarias.

Do whatever tests are necessary.

¿Cuánto dinero te has gastado?

How much money did you spend? - "have you spent"

Answer 2

The difference is the accent (tilde)

With 'tilde' when you use it in a direct interrogative/exclamatory sentence

¿Cuántos caramelos tienes? ¿Cuánto cuesta?...etc

¡Cuánta alegría que tengo! ¡Cuánto dinero!..etc

and their corresponding indirect e.g:

¡Genial! No sabes cuánto me alegro por vos - Great! you don't know how happy I am for you

After of the Definite Article 'el'

Se sabe el cuánto, pero no se sabe el por qué...

And for the rest you should use it without accent

:) - rac1, Oct 5, 2014

Pablo, thanks for some new information (for me) about after the definite article. Now Daniel has "the whole bale of hay" as we say here in the Midwest USA. - Jubilado, Oct 5, 2014

Answer 3

Whenever you use a relative pronoun (que, cual, cuanto, como, quien) as the question relative pronoun it needs an accent (tilde) written on the first vowel. So when you begin a question meaning: What? How? Which? How many? Who? You start with the "¿" then write an accent on the question word: ¿Qué? ¿Cómo? ¿Cuál? ¿Cuántos? ¿Quién?

Also you can look up these words in their various Spanish forms in the Translate section of this website.

Good answer, Jubilado. - annierats, Oct 5, 2014

Thanks, Annie! - Jubilado, Oct 5, 2014

Answer 4

Hey guys, thanks for replaying response!

I know that words with a tilde (que, cuanto, cual, quien...) are for questions,

But I still don't understand what "Cuanto" without a tilde means.

Daniel.

You do if you read my answer above amigo :) - ian-hill, Oct 7, 2014

Exactly. - rac1, Oct 7, 2014

Sorry, I've read it more that one time and I'm still not sure. English is not my main language. :\ - Daniel7594, Oct 12, 2014