"Quanto può vivere una persona senza petrolio?"
Translation:How long can a person live without oil?
May 30, 2013
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lolaphilologist
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Quanto = how long? Is the element of time implied? I feel like a direct translation in English would be too vague to work, so I'm curious.
May 30, 2013
"Quanto" refers to quantity in general, and it can be used to refer to time ("tra quanto passa l'autobus?" - "how long till the next bus?"), length ("quanto è distante?" - "how far is it?"), weight ("quanto pesa?" - "how much does it weigh?"), and so on.
May 30, 2013
