Breakdown of Tanto los oyentes de México como los que viven en Chile escuchan el podcast.
de
from / of
México
Mexico
vivir
to live / to be constantly (doing something)
en
in / on / at
Chile
Chile
los
the (masculine plural)
escuchar
to listen
que
that / than
como
as / like (such as, similar to)
tanto
as much / as many / so much
el oyente
listener
el podcast
podcast
Questions & Answers about Tanto los oyentes de México como los que viven en Chile escuchan el podcast.
How does tanto... como... translate to "both... and..."?
The structure tanto [A] como [B] is used to emphasize that something applies to two things equally. While you might know the word ambos for "both", tanto... como... is the standard correlative conjunction used to connect two phrases like this, translating smoothly to "both [A] and [B]".
Does tanto need to match the plural los oyentes and become tantos?
No, in this specific grammatical structure, tanto is invariable, meaning it never changes form. Even though los oyentes is masculine and plural, you must use tanto. You would only use tantos if it were an adjective meaning "so many" (for example, tantos oyentes meaning "so many listeners").
What exactly does los que mean here?
Why is the verb escuchan (they listen) in the plural form?
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