All vs Entire vs Total vs Whole

Cuándo usar cada una en inglés, con significado, registro y ejemplos.

All

Bloque de alta frecuencia A1 determiner

Entire

Top 2000 (común) B2 adjective

Total

Top 1000 (muy común) B1 adjective

Whole

Top 2000 (común) A2 adjective

	All	Entire	Total	Whole
Pronunciación	🇬🇧 /["/ɔːl/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/ɔːl/"]/	🇬🇧 /["/ɪnˈtaɪə(r)/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/ɪnˈtaɪər/"]/	🇬🇧 /["/ˈtəʊtl/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/ˈtəʊtl/"]/	🇬🇧 /["/həʊl/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/həʊl/"]/
Significado	Everything or everyone, without exception.	Todo o completo. Whole or complete.	La cantidad o número completo de algo. The whole amount or number of something.	Todo de algo; completo. All of something; complete.
Ejemplo	All the students in the class passed the exam.	He ate the entire pizza by himself.	The total cost of the groceries came to fifty dollars.	She ate the whole pizza by herself.
Registro	Neutral	Neutral	Neutral	Neutral
Qué tan común	Bloque de alta frecuencia	Top 2000 (común)	Top 1000 (muy común)	Top 2000 (común)
Nivel CEFR	A1	B2	B1	A2
Categoría gramatical	determiner	adjective	adjective	adjective
Colocaciones	all day, all the time, all over, all of us	entire country, entire book, entire team, entire life, entire scope	total amount, total number, total cost, total failure, total control	the whole thing, the whole part, whole heart, whole number, whole community
Antónimos	none, part, some	partial, incomplete, broken	partial, incomplete	partial, incomplete
Errores comunes	'All' used without a noun (e.g. saying 'I love all' instead of 'I love all of them')., Confused with 'all of' when it shouldn't be (e.g. 'All of the students came' is correct; 'All students came' is also correct in informal contexts).	Confusing 'entire' with 'whole' in informal situations., Incorrectly using 'entire' with uncountable nouns., Using 'entirely' when 'entire' is needed.	'Total' used as a verb incorrectly., Confusing 'total' with 'entire' in some contexts., Using 'totally' instead of 'total' when describing a noun.	Using 'whole' with plural nouns (e.g., 'whole apples' instead of 'whole apple'), Confusing 'whole' with 'hole', Misplacing 'whole' in a sentence (e.g., 'the whole of them' instead of 'all of them')
Notas de uso	Use 'all' in both spoken and written English when referring to the entirety of a group. Avoid using 'all' when referring to a specific subset, as it implies inclusivity.	Usa 'entero' cuando te refieres a algo completamente o en su totalidad. Es adecuado para la mayoría de los contextos, excepto en conversaciones muy informales donde 'todo' podría ser más común. Use 'entire' when referring to something completely or fully. It's suitable for most contexts, except very casual conversations where 'whole' might be more common.	Usa 'total' en contextos que involucren cantidades o sumas. Es apropiado tanto para el habla casual como formal, pero evita usarlo en contextos técnicos o científicos donde se prefieren términos precisos. Use 'total' in contexts involving amounts or sums. It's appropriate for both casual and formal speech, but avoid using it in technical or scientific contexts where precise terms are preferred.	Usa 'todo' cuando te refieres a algo en su totalidad. Es apropiado en contextos escritos y hablados, pero puede sonar menos formal en escritos académicos. Evita usarlo con sustantivos contables específicos; en su lugar, úsalo con sustantivos incontables o colectivos. Use 'whole' when referring to something in its entirety. It is appropriate in both written and spoken contexts, but may sound less formal in academic writing. Avoid using it with specific countable nouns; instead, use with uncountable or collective nouns.

Míralo en clips reales

You'd have to buy out the entire cabin and the first-class flight attendant.

Better Call Saul › S1 E1

The only way that entire car is worth 500 bucks...

Men have emptied entire clips at them and hit nothing but air.

You'd have to buy out the entire cabin and the first-class flight attendant.

Better Call Saul › S1 E1

The only way that entire car is worth 500 bucks...

Entire

So, I gave a whole bunch of it to the Foursquare gospel church,

The Sopranos › S1 E1

this whole new generation of antidepressants

Top Gear › S1 E1

3,500 for the UK for the whole year.

So, I gave a whole bunch of it to the Foursquare gospel church,

The Sopranos › S1 E1

this whole new generation of antidepressants

Whole

Preguntas frecuentes: All vs Entire vs Total vs Whole

¿Cuál es la diferencia entre All, Entire, Total y Whole?

All: Everything or everyone, without exception. Entire: Whole or complete. Total: The whole amount or number of something. Whole: All of something; complete.

¿Cuál es más avanzada: All, Entire, Total y Whole?

Entire es la de nivel más alto, en B2, en la escala CEFR.

¿All, Entire, Total y Whole tienen el mismo nivel CEFR?

All: A1, Entire: B2, Total: B1, Whole: A2 en la escala CEFR.

¿Qué categoría gramatical son All, Entire, Total y Whole?

All: determiner, Entire: adjective, Total: adjective, Whole: adjective.

¿Puedes mostrar un ejemplo de cada una?

All: All the students in the class passed the exam. Entire: He ate the entire pizza by himself. Total: The total cost of the groceries came to fifty dollars. Whole: She ate the whole pizza by herself.

¿Puedo usar All, Entire, Total y Whole indistintamente?

No siempre. All, Entire, Total y Whole están relacionadas y a veces se solapan, pero difieren en registro, frecuencia y uso, así que cambiar una por otra puede alterar el significado o el tono. Revisa las diferencias de arriba antes de sustituir.