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

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Él bebe demasiada cantidad de cerveza. He drinks too much beer.
Se perdió una gran cantidad de dinero. Not a little money was lost.
Me exigió una fuerte cantidad de dinero. He demanded a large sum of money from me.
Cometió diez errores en igual cantidad de líneas. He made ten blunders in as many lines.
Gran cantidad de soldados y civiles fueron asesinados. Huge numbers of soldiers and civilians were killed.
Ella sólo tenía una pequeña cantidad de dinero. She had only a small sum of money.
Depositó una gran cantidad de dinero en el banco. He deposited a lot of money in the bank.
Tuve que pagar una gran cantidad de dinero para recuperarlo. I had to pay a large sum of money to get it back.
¿Llegará esta cantidad de comida para una semana de acampada? Will this much food do for a week's camping?
Él sobornó al político con una gran cantidad de dinero. He bribed that politician with a great deal of money.
Intentó, en vano, conseguir una gran cantidad de dinero de ellos. He tried, in vain, to borrow a large sum of money from them.
Ella tuvo la amabilidad de prestarme una gran cantidad de dinero. She was kind enough to lend me large sum of money.
Lo que más me ha sorprendido desde que llegué a Japón es la gran cantidad de máquinas expendedoras que hay. The thing that most surprised me since coming to Japan is how many vending machines there are.
Las revistas le permiten a los escritores escribir lo que quieran y después deciden cómo diseñarlo, pero esa revista prioriza el diseño, entonces fija un límite predeterminado a la cantidad de palabras que puede tener. Magazines let writers write what they want and decide how to lay it out afterward, but that magazine prioritizes its design, so it sets a predetermined limit on how many words are in it.
A la policía le es muy sencillo comprender que alguien ha robado mi tarjeta de crédito y se ha llevado una enorme cantidad de dinero. Es mucho más díficil hacerles comprender que "alguien ha robado mi espada mágica" The police are really good at understanding "someone stole my credit card and ran up a lot of money". It's a lot harder to get them to buy into "someone stole my magic sword".
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