What does così tanto che mean in Italian?
If you’re wondering how to say so much that in Italian, you came to the right place. Keep on reading to figure it out!
Così tanto che is the Italian way for saying so much that in English.
Let’s have a look at the examples below to understand better:
Ho studiato così tanto che mi fa male la testa.
I’ve studied so much that my head hurts.
Abbiamo ballato così tanto che i piedi ci fanno male.
We dance so much that our feet hurt.
How to use così tanto che?
We use this structure when we want to emphasize that something was done or happened to a very big extent and there are consequences.
Let’s take the following sentences as an example:
Ho mangiato così tanto che mi fa male la pancia.
I ate so much that my stomach hurts.
This means that the consequence of eating so much is that now my stomach hurts.
As you can see, there is a cause and a consequence.
Così tanto che lets us link the cause with the consequence in the very same sentence.
Così tanto che: examples
Let’s have a look at some more examples:
Mi manca così tanto che non riesco a dormire.
I miss him so much that I cannot sleep.
Ci piace così tanto che abbiamo deciso di comprarlo.
We like it so much that we decided to buy it.
Luigi parla così tanto che a volte non riesco a seguirlo.
Luigi speaks so much that sometimes I cannot follow him.
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