Cuyo and Cuanto

Question 1

Cuyo

Answer 1

Whose

Question 2

How is cuyo used?

Answer 2

It links two nouns and agrees in number
and gender with the one it precedes

Example:
“Gabriela Mistral y Pablo Neruda, cuya patria es Chile, han ganado el premio Nóbel de Literatura.”

Gabriela Mistral and Pablo Neruda, whose homeland is Chile, have won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Question 3

Cuanto

Answer 3

How much?

Question 4

How do you use cuanto as an adjective?

Answer 4

When used as adjective, “cuanto” agrees with the number and gender of the noun it modifies.

Means:
All those; as many as

Example:
Solicitaron fondos a cuantas personas pudieron.
They solicited funds from all those (as many as) they could.

Question 5

How do you use cuanto as a pronoun?

Answer 5

When used as a pronoun, “cuanto” is invariable in form

Means: all that; as much as

Example:
A pesar de hacer cuanto pudo, perdió el caso. In spite of doing all he could, he lost the case.

Question 6

What is “cuán”?

Answer 6

A shortened form of “cuanto” used before adjectives or adverbs and is considered informal in style.

Example:
No sabían cuán tarde era.
They didn’t know how late it was