muito

Galician

Adjective

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

  1. Alternative form of moito

Adverb

muito

  1. Alternative form of moito

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mui‧to

Determiner

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

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

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:muito.

Derived terms

Adverb

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:muito.

Descendants

  • Macanese: muto
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