Spanish term
Costa Rica
Native in: Spanish 
Cantidades
1. Los alimentos proveerán las cantidades suficientes de nutrientes.
2. Sabemos que estamos consumiendo las cantidades adecuadas cuando nuestro se mantiene.
No me queda claro si esas "cantidades" deben ser amounts or quantities. Por ejemplo, "sufficient amounts of nutrients" or "sufficient quantities of nutrients".
Muchas gracias.
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David Hollywood
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Feb 1, 2021 13:55: Yvonne Gallagher changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Muriel Vasconcellos, philgoddard, Yvonne Gallagher
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Proposed translations
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
quantities/amounts
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Note added at 8 mins (2020-11-07 04:15:40 GMT)
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Quantity is more formal/technical than amount or number. A quantity of or quantities of can be followed by a countable noun or an uncountable noun.
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Note added at 9 mins (2020-11-07 04:16:54 GMT)
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there is a slight difference so if you need it to sound technical, use "quantity"
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Note added at 11 mins (2020-11-07 04:18:44 GMT)
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As described in Chapter 1, most foods in healthy eating patterns should come ... of Americans consume sufficient amounts of most nutrients, some nutrients are ...
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Note added at 14 mins (2020-11-07 04:21:36 GMT)
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Sabemos que estamos consumiendo las cantidades adecuadas cuando nuestro se mantiene.
We know we're consuming the right/correct amount etc.
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: Amounts in the case of nutrition
8 hrs
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thanks Muriel
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YESHWANT UMRALKAR
8 hrs
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thanks YESHWANT
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philgoddard
11 hrs
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thanks Phil
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Discussion
E.g. ... getting enough nutrients. The amount of vitamin D provided by being exposed to 15 minutes per day in the sunshine should be sufficient/enough to prevent osteoporosis.