Adjetivos interrogativos
Qué, cuál, and cuánto are Spanish interrogative adjectives. An adjective is a word that modifies a noun, and interrogative means questioning, so interrogative adjectives are adjectives used to ask the questions "what," "which," and how "much/many." Note that all of these words have accents.
Qué means "what?" or "which?" and is used to refer to ideas or things.
| ¿Qué libros quiere? | What books does he want? | |
| ¿Qué parte no comprendes? | Which part don’t you understand? | |
| ¿Qué coche te gusta? | Which car do you like? |
Cuál means "what?" or "which?" – it is used when distinguishing between two or more things. It has the plural form cuáles.
| ¿Cuáles libros quiere? | What books does he want? | |
| ¿Cuál parte no comprendes? | Which part don’t you understand? | |
| ¿Cuál coche te gusta? | Which car do you like? |
Cuánto means how much and its plural cuántos means "how many?"
| ¿Cuánto dinero tienes? | How much money do you have? | |
| ¿Cuántos libros necesitamos? | How many books do we need? | |
| ¿Hay cuántas plumas? | How many pens are there? |
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