Taylor Swift ha provocato un terremoto


Tanto da = so much so that…

“Il pubblico si è scatenato… tanto da far registrare un terremoto”
(The audience went wild… so much so that it recorded an earthquake)

In Italian, “tanto da” is a conjunction that is used to express a result or consequence of an action.
It indicates that the action described in the main clause is so intense, to the extent that it leads to the result mentioned in the subordinate clause.

The structure is:
> “tanto da + infinitive verb”

Examples:

• Ha piovuto tanto da allagare le strade. (It rained so much that it flooded the streets.)
• Ha lavorato duramente, tanto da guadagnarsi una promozione. (He worked so hard that he earned a promotion.)
• Era così stanco, tanto da addormentarsi subito. (He was so tired that he fell asleep right away.)