Tan vs Tanto: A How-to Guide for Spanish Comparatives

When you want to emphasize extremes ("so much!") or build equality comparisons ("as much as"), then the Spanish comparatives Tan and Tanto are exactly what you need! Let's dive into the details.
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⏱ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
01:05 - Tan vs Tanto: Key Differences
03:13 - Tan
03:42 - Emphasizing qualities and characteristics
04:21 - Comparing qualities and characteristics
05:14 - Declaring an extreme level of a quality or characteristic
06:30 - Comparing how people do things
07:47 - Describing when two things happen in immediate succession
08:15 - Asking about the level of a quality or characteristic
08:54 - Tanto
09:03 - How to use Tanto as an adjective
09:53 - Emphasizing quantities with a consequence
10:29 - Comparing quantities
11:31 - Asking questions about quantities
12:01 - Tanto as an adverb
12:18 - Emphasize an amount of action
12:47 - Compare an amount of action
13:23 - Tanto as an indefinite pronoun
13:49 - Tanto as an imprecise quantity
14:26 - Tanto as a vague number
14:50 - How to say Common Expressions using Tan and Tanto
15:40 - The Wrap-Up Recap
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Got questions on the Spanish comparatives Tan and Tanto? Feel free to leave a comment down below!
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[@maggiepabellon5635]

For more help on the Spanish subjunctive, can you use videos with people actually using subjunctive and why the present indicative doesn’t flow

[@GameAPBT]

Great explanation

[@BDK8872]

Buen trabajo!!

[@willowhusky868]

love your videos

[@amirrad8954]

Muchas gracias para sus videos,
Desde mi punto de vista, es mejor si las explicaciones sobre cada episodio son más en español.
Saludos 🌹

[@michypie4297]

You are Amazing ❤❤❤

[@tacocruiser4238]

Seems like tan and tanto are interchangeable with muy and mucho.

[@Baselang]

Sometimes! Not always though.