than

/ðæn, ðən/

Translation

conj, prep

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⇨ que

He could have helped me more than he did

Podría haberme ayudado más de lo que lo hizo

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⇨ que

My house is smaller than yours

Mi casa es más pequeña que la tuya

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⇨ de

I spent more than 100 pounds

Gasté más de 100 libras

He walked more than ten kilometres

Caminó más de diez kilómetros

■ Se dice taller than me. Incorrecto: taller that me

(Definition of than conj, prep from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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