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Quiero editar tanto el episodio uno como el dos.

Quiero editar tanto el episodio uno como el dos.
I want to edit both episode one and two.
From Lesson 238:Correlative conjunctions (tanto... como...)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Quiero editar tanto el episodio uno como el dos.

How does tanto... como... translate to "both... and..." here?
While tanto usually means "so much" and como means "like" or "as," when you pair them up as tanto [A] como [B], they form a fixed expression meaning "both [A] and [B]". In this sentence, it emphasizes that you want to edit the first episode just as much as the second one.
If I were talking about a feminine noun, like la temporada (the season), would tanto change to tanta?
No. When used together as a conjunction pair (tanto... como...), tanto does not change to match the gender or number of the nouns. You would still say: Quiero editar tanto la temporada uno como la dos.
Why is there an el before dos? Can I just say "como dos" like in English?
In Spanish, when you connect two specific nouns with tanto... como..., you usually need to keep the article for both items. Saying el dos is short for el episodio dos. If you dropped the el, the sentence would sound incomplete to a native speaker.
Why does the sentence use episodio uno instead of primer episodio?
Both are grammatically correct! When numbering items in a series (like episodes, chapters, or seasons), Spanish speakers often use the regular number (cardinal) after the noun instead of the ordering number (ordinal) before it. Saying el episodio uno is very common and sounds natural.

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