Using demasiado, bastante, suficiente, poco, tanto and mucho to express quantity in Spanish (quantitative adjectives)

 

Expressing quantity in Spanish

Poco (little), mucho (much), demasiado (too much), bastante (enough), and suficiente (enough/sufficient) all express an undefined quantity.

Note that in Spanish these adjectives agree with the noun they modify.

Let's see how to use them!

Poco, poca, pocos, pocas + [noun] = little / not much / few / not many + [noun]

Here's a recapitulative table:

Quantitative Adjective	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	poco little/not much	poca little/not much
Plural	pocos few/not many	pocas few/not many

 

Mucho, mucha, muchos, muchas + [noun] = much / a lot of / many + [noun]

Here's a recapitulative table:

Quantitative Adjective	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	mucho much/a lot of	mucha much/a lot of
Plural	muchos many/a lot of	muchas many/a lot of

 

Demasiado, demasiada, demasiados, demasiadas + [noun] = too much / too many + [noun]

Here's a recapitulative table:

Quantitative Adjective	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	demasiado too much (of)	demasiada too much (of)
Plural	demasiados too many (of)	demasiadas too many (of)

 

Tanto, tanta, tantos, tantas + [noun] = so much / so many + [noun]

Here's a recapitulative table:

Quantitative Adjective	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	tanto so much	tanta so much
Plural	tantos so many	tantas so many

 

Bastante, bastantes + [noun] = enough (of) + [noun]

Here's a recapitulative table:

Quantitative Adjective	Masculine/ Feminine
Singular	bastante enough (of)
Plural	bastantes enough (of)

 

Suficiente, suficientes + [noun] = enough (of), sufficient + [noun]

Here's a recapitulative table:

Quantitative Adjective	Masculine/ Feminine
Singular	suficiente enough (of), sufficient
Plural	suficientes enough (of), sufficient

See also Muy vs Mucho in Spanish (intensifiers)