muito

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Galician[edit]

Adjective[edit]

muito (feminine muita, masculine plural muitos, feminine plural muitas)

  1. Alternative form of moito

Adverb[edit]

muito

  1. Alternative form of moito

Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese muito, from Latin multus (much; many), from the Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (crumbled, crumpled, past passive participle). Compare Galician moito, Italian molto, Romanian mult, and Spanish mucho.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmũj̃.tu/ [ˈmũɪ̯̃.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmũj̃.to/ [ˈmũɪ̯̃.to]

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mui‧to

Determiner[edit]

muito (feminine muita, masculine plural muitos, feminine plural muitas)

  1. much; many; a lot of; lots of
    Synonyms: bastante, (Mozambique) maningue
    Tenho muitas coisas para fazer.
    I have many things to do.
    Choveu muita água.
    It rained a lot.
  2. too much; too many (an excessive amount of)
    Synonym: demais
    Não gosto daqui. Tem muita gente.
    I don’t like it here. There are too many people.

Pronoun[edit]

muito (feminine muita, masculine plural muitos, feminine plural muitas)

  1. much; many; a lot; lots
    Algumas são boas, muitas são ruins.
    Some are good, many are bad.
  2. too much; too many
    Se muitas forem deixadas destrancadas, isso pode causar problemas.
    If too many are left unlocked, this can cause problems.

Usage notes[edit]

This word and its derivatives (muito, muita, muitos, muitas, mui) are the only words in Portuguese to contain unmarked nasalization.

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:muito.

Derived terms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

muito (not comparable)

  1. very; a lot; very much (to a great extent or degree)
    Synonyms: bastante, (Mozambique) maningue, (informal) bem, (archaic) mui
    Gosto muito de você.
    I like you very much.
    Está muito frio.
    It is very cold.

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:muito.

Descendants[edit]

  • Macanese: muto