Skip to content

montante

total amount

noun mohn-TAHN-teh Rare
Numbers & Measures Money

Origin: From montar (to mount, to amount to).

Also means

upright post

Usage Note

Montante has two main senses: in finance and accounting it means the total sum or amount (el montante de la deuda, 'the total amount of the debt'); in architecture and construction it means an upright structural post or frame member. Gender follows meaning: it is masculine in both senses. The financial sense is common in Spanish business writing as a synonym for importe or total.

Examples

"El montante total asciende a tres millones."

Natural Translation

The total amount comes to three million.

Explore Spanish by topic