To ask how much/many [of something] in Spanish we use in Spanish the interrogative adjective:
cuánto/-a/-os/as = how much/how many
As an adjective, it agrees in gender and number with the noun that is accompanying. For example:
In direct questions
- el pan (masculine singular) = cuánto
- la harina (feminine singular) = cuánta
- los años (masculine plural) = cuántos
- las amigas (feminine plural) = cuántas
In indirect questions
In exclamatory sentences
Bear in mind that cuánto can also be a pronoun if the noun is not mentioned when we know what it is referring to:
Remember that in all the above cases cuánto and all its forms have a written accent on the -a.
To learn about cuanto/cuanta/cuantos/cuantas (with no accent) see this more advance lesson:
Difference between cuánto and cuanto in Spanish (with and without accent)
For interrogative adverbs cómo, dónde, cuándo see:
Using cómo, dónde and cuándo in interrogative, exclamatory and indirect sentences
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