tanto

Borrowed from Japanese 短刀 (tantō), from Middle Chinese 短刀 (twan^X taw, “dagger”).

• (Japanese dagger) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑntoʊ/
• (knife blade / style) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑntoʊ/, /ˈtæntoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːntəʊ, -æntəʊ

tanto (plural tanto or tantos)

1. (weaponry) A traditional Japanese small sword or knife; often used as a secondary weapon to a katana.

   Synonym: tanto knife

• tantō, tantou

• Tantō on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Italian tanto.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑntoʊ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtæntəʊ/
• Rhymes: (US) -ɑːntəʊ, -æntəʊ

tanto (not comparable)

1. (music) So much; too much.

• pro tanto

• Atton, natto

• IPA^(key): /tán.to/

tanto (Kana spelling タント)

1. today

tanto

1. neuter of tantu

Borrowed from Dutch tante. Compare Sranan Tongo tanta.

tanto

1. aunt

   Synonym: tiya

• omu

• tanto in Languages of Suriname, SIL International, 2003-2007, Aukan-English Dictionary

tanto inan

1. dot

From Old Galician-Portuguese tanto, from Latin tantus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtantʊ]

tanto

1. so much (to a large or excessive degree)

Tan is used with adjectives instead of tanto.

tanto (feminine tanta)

1. so much / so many (a large or excessive amount)

tanto … coma

1. as much as / as many as

   Lin tantos [libros] coma o meu irmán.

   I have read as many [books] as my brother.

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “tanto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “tanto”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tanto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tanto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tanto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

tanto

1. such

tanto ... como

1. such ... as

Derived from Latin tantus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtan.to/

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• Rhymes: -anto
• Hyphenation: tàn‧to

tanto (feminine tanta, masculine plural tanti, feminine plural tante, superlative tantissimo)

1. so much; so many
2. much; many
3. such
4. significant

tanto (feminine tanta, masculine plural tanti, feminine plural tante)

1. much; many; a lot

tanto

1. so much
2. very

tanto

1. after all
2. anyways

• tonta

Inherited from Old Spanish tanto, from Latin tantus.

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tanto m sg (Hebrew spelling טאנטו, feminine singular tanta, masculine plural tantos, feminine plural tantas)^[1]

1. so much; so many
   • 2021 March 31, Esti SAUL, “La kamizika de la kortadura de fashadura ke topi kon los bonbones: La Sorpreza de PESAH”, in Şalom:

     "Mashalla, topates lo ke bushkates tanto tiempo, en un bogo en el fondo del baul - despues de haloshentos anyos!"

     ‘Congratulations, you found what you were looking for after so much time, in a bundle at the bottom of the trunk — after many hundreds of ill years!’

tanto (Hebrew spelling טאנטו)^[1]

1. so; so much
   • 1983, Elena Romero, Repertorio de noticias sobre el mundo teatral de los sefardíes orientales‎^[1], Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press, →ISBN, page 293:

     El pueblo que corió numerośo a_la trecera repreśentación ²⁵³ de Reśurección [S.n, 6 mayo] dio la repuesta merecida a aquel se. que en «El Progreso» cualificó este dram de «cristiano» y a aquel se. que en el miśmo ĵornal esprimió todo el zumo de su meollo para dećir que la obra tanto pura del gloriośo caneź de Yasnaia Poliana ²⁵⁴ es una obra imorala.

     The people that ran [in] great number to the third representation of Reśurección gave the well earned response to that gentleman in ‘El Progreso’ who qualified this ‘Christian’ drama, and to that gentleman who expressed in the same journal all of his brain’s juices saying that the work, so pure from the glorious old man Yasnaia Poliana, is an immoral work.

Adverbial ablative from tantus

tantō (not comparable)

1. by so much or that much, so much the

   tantō ante ― that much earlier

2. (comparative) as much as

   Synonym: eō / hōc (in quō... eō / hōc...)

   Coordinate term: quantō

   tantō maior fuit, quantō saevior ― he was bigger as much as he was fiercer

• Used with comparatives, sometimes superlatives or other words implying comparison.

• tantillō (diminutive)

• tantum

tantō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tantus

• "tanto", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Derived from French tantôt.

tanto

1. later
2. this evening

Inherited from Latin tantus. Cognate with Old Spanish tanto.

tanto m sg (feminine singular tanta, masculine plural tantos, feminine plural tantas)

1. so many

tanto

1. so much
2. as much
   • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 175:

     filla tres dramas de cravos girofes e tres onças de galingal e outro tanto de cardomomo e outro tanto de gengivre e outro tanto d’alcoravina e outro tanto de canela, e a semente do fuuncho en maior contia destas todas.

     take three drachmas of clove, and three ounces of galangal, and as much of cardamom, and as much of ginger, and as much of caraway, and as much of cinnamon, and seeds of fennel in the largest amount of them all

• Galician: tanto
• Portuguese: tanto

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “tanto”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “tanto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “tanto”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN

Inherited from Latin tantus. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese tanto.

tanto m sg (feminine singular tanta, masculine plural tantos, feminine plural tantas)

1. so many
   • 1443, Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, chapter XXIV, in Cvruiosa y Ocvlta Filosofia. Primera, y Segvnda Parte de las marauillas de las naturaleza, examinadas en varias queſtiones naturales.‎^[2], page 120:

     COn eſto juzgo que quedã baſtantemente acreditados los Rolos naturales de la tierra, y ſu virtud magnetica, que es la llaue que nos abrirà las puertas de la naturaleza, donde amontonò tantos teſoros de admiracion.

     With this I judge that they keep the land’s natural roles sufficiently accredited, as well as its magnetic vertue, which is the key that shall open nature’s doors for us, whence it heaped so many admirable treasures.

tanto

1. so; so much
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 61r.:

     Et ſu p̃priedat es de aborrecer la ſal tanto que biẽ parece que a entramas grand enemiztat.

     And its property is that it loathes salt so much that it would seem that there is a great enmity between them both.

   • c. 1250, anonymous, Poema de Fernán González p. 274, (ed. by Itzíar López Guil, 2001, Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva):

     Quando llegó el conde a su buena conpaña
     falló a sus vassallos todos con fuerte saña,
     maltrayanle tanto que era grand façaña.

     When the count arrived back at his good companions,
     he found all his vassals strongly against him,
     they were treating him so badly that it was a feat.

2. as much
   • c. 1284, anonymous author, Libro de los fueros de Castiella, f. 40v:

     Et déue'l el alcalle mandar que el palo aya en luengo tanto commo el omne que á de parar el derecho, & á en ancho en el cuerpo & vna mano de más, & sea de salze seco & sea tan grueso que quepa por la mano del alcalle.

     And the judge must order that the rod have as much length as the man that has to put it in the right hand, and likewise have as much width as the body and a hand, and be [made] from [a] dry willow and be so wide that it fit in the judge’s hand.

• Ladino: tanto, טאנטו
• Spanish: tanto

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “tanto”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 488

• tãto (obsolete, abbreviation)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tanto, from Latin tantus.

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu
• Hyphenation: tan‧to

tanto (not comparable)

1. so much (to a large or excessive degree)

   Corri tanto.

   I ran so much.

• tão is used with adjectives instead of tanto.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tanto.

tanto (feminine tanta, masculine plural tantos, feminine plural tantas)

1. so much / so many (a large or excessive amount)

   Ele perdeu tanto sangue que morreu.

   He lost so much blood that he died.

   Eu leio tantos livros.

   I read so many books.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tanto.

tanto (feminine tanta, masculine plural tantos, feminine plural tantas)

1. so much / so many (a large or excessive amount)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tanto.

tanto … quanto

1. as much as / as many as

   Li tantos livros quanto meu irmão.

   I have read as many books as my brother.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tanto.

tanto m (plural tantos)

1. an unspecified or irrelevant amount of something

   Comi um tanto de torta.

   I ate a bit of pie.

   A mercadoria foi entregue em dois tantos.

   The wares were delivered in two portions.

2. an amount equal to a previously specified amount

   A moeda de ouro vale cinco tantos mais que a de prata.

   The gold coin is worth five times as much as the silver one.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tanto.

• Indo-Portuguese: tanto
• Kabuverdianu: tántu
• Macanese: tanto
• Kristang: tantu

• “tanto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tanto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Inherited from Old Spanish tanto, from Latin tantus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtanto/ [ˈt̪ãn̪.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -anto
• Syllabification: tan‧to

tanto m sg (feminine singular tanta, masculine plural tantos, feminine plural tantas, superlative tantísimo)

1. so much; as much; that much
2. (in the plural) so many, as many, that many

tanto

1. so much, long, hard, often, etc.

   Te amo tanto.

   I love you so much.

   De tanto hacerlo, se me irrita.

   It gets irritating because I do it so much/so often.

tanto m (plural tantos)

1. copy

   Synonym: copia

2. poker chip; counter

   Synonym: ficha

3. point; goal (in a game)

   Synonyms: punto, gol

4. (Latin America) portion

   Synonym: porción

5. used in un tanto, al tanto, etc.

tanto

1. so much; so many

• “tanto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “tanto”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Uncertainties] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN

Borrowed from Malay tentu, from Old Javanese tantu (“cord, thread; cause of continuity; continuous existence; thread of a story; fixed order, establishment of the world order; established holy place”), from Sanskrit तन्तु (tantu). Compare Tausug tantu.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tanˈtoʔ/ [t̪ɐn̪ˈt̪oʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: tan‧to

tantô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. aware about; having come to realize or understand (something)

   Synonyms: batid, nababatid, alam, nalalaman, entendido, naiintindihan, nauunawaan

tantô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. knowledge; understanding (about something made aware to oneself)

   Synonyms: unawa, pagkaunawa, intindi, pagkaintindi, alam, pagkaalam

2. act of understanding or realizing (of consequences of something, an occurrence, etc.)

   Synonyms: pag-unawa, pag-intindi

Borrowed from Spanish tanto.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtanto/ [ˈt̪an̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -anto
• Syllabification: tan‧to

tanto (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. so; too; very

   Synonyms: lubha, masyado

2. the more

• tanto-porsiyento

• Wolff, John U. (1976), “Malay borrowings in Tagalog”, in C.D. Cowan & O.W. Wolters, editors, Southeast Asian History and Historiography: Essays Presented to D. G. E. Hall‎^[3], Ithaca: Cornell University Press, page 361

• tonta, antot