cuántas millas
/kwantas miʝas/from spelling rules
How many miles in Spanish is cuántas millas.
A question used to ask about the distance measured in miles.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of cuántas (how many) and millas (miles).
How does it change in a sentence?
The word for 'how many' must agree in gender with the noun millas, which is feminine, so the feminine form cuántas is used instead of the masculine cuántos.
What mistakes should you avoid?
English speakers often mistakenly use the masculine cuánto instead of the feminine cuántas when referring to millas.
Did you know?
- The word milla shares a root with the Latin mille, meaning 'thousand', because a Roman mile was originally 1,000 paces.
- In some Caribbean countries, people may use millas for distances even if the official law mandates the metric system due to historical trade ties with the US.
- Spanish has a specific word legua for a 'league', an old distance measure equal to about 2.6 millas that still appears frequently in classic literature like Don Quixote.
Examples in context
- ¿Cuántas millas son hasta la próxima gasolinera?How many miles is it to the next gas station?This sentence is useful for asking about the distance to a gas station using cuántas millas.Tatoeba #717045 by darinmex, translation #264208 by CK
- ¿Cuántas millas caminaste?How many miles did you walk?This sentence is useful for asking about a distance traveled using cuántas millas.Tatoeba #9807229 by DJ_Saidez, translation #9807225 by CK
- ¿Cuántas millas hay hasta el próximo pueblo?How many miles are there to the next town?
- ¿A cuántas millas está la meta?How many miles away is the finish line?
- ¿A cuántas millas equivale una maratón?How many miles is a marathon?
- ¿Cuántas millas tiene el recorrido?How many miles is the route?
Example conversation
María and Javier are planning a road trip.
- María¿Cuántas millas hay que conducir hoy, Javier?How many miles do we have to drive today, Javier?
- JavierSon unas trescientas millas.It's about three hundred miles.
- MaríaEs un viaje muy largo.It is a very long trip.
- JavierSí, pero llegaremos pronto.Yes, but we will arrive soon.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
