← Back to Fala2Meequivaler a; totalizar; chegar a
1. to add up to a total sum or quantity
The expenses amount to $500.
As despesas totalizam $500.
2. to be equivalent to; to have the same effect or meaning as
His refusal amounts to a rejection of our proposal.
A recusa dele equivale a uma rejeição da nossa proposta.
3. to constitute or represent in essence
What you're saying amounts to treason.
O que você está dizendo constitui traição.
Regional Variations
General Brazilian
totalizar; equivaler a; chegar a
most common usage
São Paulo
somar; dar; resultar em
informal variations
Portugal
ascender a; perfazer; equivaler a
more formal register
Related Idioms & Phrases
amount to a hill of beans
doesn't amount to much
amounts to the same thing
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