How to Say ‘How many people are there?’ in Spain Spanish
¿Cuántas personas hay?
KWAHN-tahs per-SOH-nas eye
[KWAHN-tahs per-SOH-nas eye]
💬 Usage Tip: cuántas matches personas, which is feminine and plural, so it ends in -as. With a masculine plural noun it becomes cuántos: ¿Cuántos proyectos hay? "How many projects are there?"
Phrase Breakdown
Cuántas
[KWAHN-tahs]
how many
Feminine plural question word agreeing with a feminine noun.
¿Cuántas mesas hay libres?
How many tables are free?
personas
[per-SOH-nas]
people, persons
Plural of 'persona'; grammatically feminine.
Somos cuatro personas.
We are four people.
hay
[eye]
there is / there are
A form of haber used to say that something or someone exists.
«Hay» alguien disponible para orientar a los nuevos.
There is someone available to guide new people.
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