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¡Cuánto me gusta el aroma de ese ramo!

¡Cuánto me gusta el aroma de ese ramo!
How much I like the aroma of that bouquet!
From Lesson 240:Exclamatory degree (¡cuánto!, ¡cómo!)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about ¡Cuánto me gusta el aroma de ese ramo!

Why use cuánto here instead of cómo?
We use cuánto with a verb (gusta) to express degree or quantity ("how much"). If we used cómo, it would mean "how" in terms of manner. Because cuánto is modifying the verb here, it acts as an adverb and never changes form—it stays as masculine singular cuánto regardless of the nouns in the sentence.
Aroma ends in "-a". Why does it use the masculine article el?
Aroma is one of several Spanish words ending in "-ma" that are actually masculine. These are mostly words of Greek origin. Other common examples you might already know include el problema, el tema, and el idioma.
If I wanted to say "How much I like these bouquets!", how would the sentence change?
It would become ¡Cuánto me gustan estos ramos! The verb gustar literally means "to be pleasing to". Since the things pleasing you would now be plural, gusta changes to gustan. The exclamation cuánto stays exactly the same, because it is still modifying the verb.
Why is it ese ramo ("that bouquet") instead of eso ramo?
When pointing out a specific masculine singular noun, you use the adjective ese ("that"). Eso is a neuter pronoun; it is only used on its own to refer to a general idea, a situation, or an unknown object. It is never placed directly in front of a noun.

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