8.3 Comparisons

Comparisons of inequality are formed by placing más (more) or menos (less) before adjectives, adverbs, and nouns and que (than) after them.

• Cierto
• Falso

Los bisteces son _____ caros que el pollo.

• mucho

• más

• menos

• tantos

When the comparison involves a numerical expression, ______ is used before the number instead of que.

• en
• de
• el
• a

más

• more
• less
• than

menos

• more
• than
• less

que

• than
• more
• less

With verbs, this construction is used to make comparisons of inequality.

• [verbs] + más/menos que
• [verbs] + tantos como

Note that unlike tan, tanto acts as an adjective and therefore agrees in number and gender with the noun it modifies.

• Yo probé tantos platos como él.
• Yo comí tantas tacos como mi hermano.

tantos/as

• so many
• much
• than
• as

tanto

• so much
• many