0 the amount or number of something -- cantidad
A vast quantity of information is available on the internet.
1 how much or how many there is -- cantidad [ feminine, singular ]
What, above all, we are concerned with here are soft drinks, sweets and the like which children consume in larger quantities than is desirable.
The quantity currently permitted is less than a fifth of that at the beginning of the nineties.
That these rules also apply to wild game on sale to consumers in large quantities is only logical.
One of the features of the mid-term review is the heavier emphasis on quality rather than quantity.
Others fear a slump in production prices, which have only recently become fairer, if greater quantities of milk are produced.
Neither quantity nor price regulation, for instance, are used in the trade in more important commodities, such as flour or cereals.