There are many ways of expressing quantity: numbers (dos perros two dogs) and indefinite articles (un perro a dog) for example. Quantities may also be expressed using adjectives and other expressions, such as bastante quite a bit or enough, un montón de a lot, poco a little or demasiado too much.
Todavía tengo bastante familia allá.
I still have quite a bit of family there.
No se nota mucho el racismo porque pues todos son, hay un montón de gente de todas las razas.
You don’t notice racism because well, there are a ton of people of all races.
Nada más me quedaba poca vida dice la enfermera.
I only had a little longer to live the nurse told me.
Here is a list of common expressions of quantity:
bastante/bastantes quite a bit or enough
mucho/mucha/muchos/muchas, much/many
un montón de a lot
poco, un poco de a little
demasiado/demasiada/demasiados/demasiadas too much/too many
One can express quantity by using specific nouns or adverbs of quantity, as well as measures of weight, distance, or volume, especially in reference to food. For example:
un bote de a jar of
un litro de a liter of
un bol de a bowl of
una libra de a pound of
un plato de a plate of
un trozo de a piece of
una botella de a bottle of
una porción de a serving of
una cucharadita de a teaspoon of
una pizca de a pinch of
una docena de a dozen
una taza de a cup of
50 gramos de 50 grams of
una loncha de a slice of
un kilo de a kilo of
un vaso de a glass of
