how long
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
how long
- Used literally: what length.
How long is that piece of string? I don't know how long the Amazon River is.
- Used literally: what duration.
How long are you here for? ~ Until the end of next month. How long have you already been here (for)? ~ Since last Friday How long is it to lunch? How long ago did you stop playing tennis?
Derived terms
Translations
how long (distance)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 多長 / 多长 (duō cháng)
- Czech: jak dlouho
- Dutch: hoe lang
- Estonian: kui kaua
- Finnish: kuinka pitkä
- German: wie lange
- Hungarian: milyen hosszú, (what size in general) mekkora (hu)
- Macedonian: колку долг (kolku dolg)
- Russian: како́й длины́ (kakój dliný)
- Scottish Gaelic: dè cho fad 's, c' fhad (dated)
- Spanish: que largo
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Adverb
how long
- Used literally: for what duration.
How long have you lived in Chicago? He won't tell me how long he is going to stay.
Translations
how long (length of time)
- Arabic: كَم وَقْتًا (kam waqtan), إِلَى مَتَى (ʔilā matā)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 多久 (zh) (duōjiǔ)
- Comorian:
- Ngazidja Comorian: muda hindri
- Danish: hvor længe
- Finnish: kuinka pitkään, kuinka kauan
- French: pour combien de temps, depuis combien de temps, depuis quand, combien de temps
- Georgian: რამდენი ხნით (ramdeni xnit), რამდენ ხანს (ramden xans), რა ხანგრძლივობით (ra xangrʒlivobit), რა ხანგრძლივობის (ra xangrʒlivobis)
- German: wie lange
- Hebrew: כַּמָּה זְמַן (káma zman), עַד מָתַי (he) ('ad matáy)
- Hungarian: (excluding the present) meddig (hu), mennyi ideig, (including the present) mióta (hu), mennyi ideje
- Irish: cá fhad, cén fad, cé chomh fada, cáide
- Italian: quanto tempo, da quando
- Japanese: どの位 (どのくらい, donokurai), どの位 (どのぐらい, donogurai), どれくらい (dorekurai), どれぐらい (doregurai)
- Khmer: ប៉ុន្មានត (ponmaan tɑɑ), យូរប៉ុណ្ណា (yuu ponnaa)
- Korean: 얼마나 (ko) (eolmana)
- Lao: ດົນປານໃດ (don pān dai)
- Latin: quamdiu
- Norman: combian d'temps (Guernsey)
- Polish: jak długo
- Portuguese: quanto tempo (literally “how much time”), desde quando (literally “since when”)
- Russian: как до́лго (kak dólgo), ско́лько (ru) (skólʹko)
- Scottish Gaelic: dè cho fad 's, c' fhad (dated)
- Serbo-Croatian: koliko dugo?
- Spanish: cuánto tiempo, desde cuándo
- Swedish: hur länge
- Telugu: ఎందాక (te) (endāka)
- Thai: นานแค่ไหน (naan kâe năi), นานเท่าไร (naan tâo rai)
- Vietnamese: bao lâu (vi)
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