Usage examples of "amount" in English with translation to Spanish

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He did an amount of work. Él hizo un montón de trabajo.
He ate twice the amount that you ate. Él comió el doble de lo que comiste.
Playing chess requires a certain amount of skill. Jugar ajedrez requiere un cierto grado de talento.
The Swiss consume a large amount of beer. Los suizos consumen mucha cerveza.
Her debts amount to more than she can pay. Sus deudas suman más de lo que ella puede pagar.
There is a certain amount of truth in what he's saying. Hay algo de verdad en lo que dice.
The candidate handed out a great amount of money in the election. El candidato repartió mucho dinero en la elección.
I want my life to amount to more than just consuming products and generating garbage. Quiero que mi vida sea más, a fin de cuentas, que simplemente consumir productos y generar basura.
I would like to drastically decrease the amount of time it takes me to clean the house. Me gustaría reducir drásticamente el tiempo que tardo en limpiar la casa.
Tom told Mary that he wouldn't be able finish the job in the amount of time she'd given him. Tom le dijo a Mary que no sería capaz de terminar el trabajo en el tiempo que le había dado.
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