moito

Galician

Alternative forms

• muito, mutio, muto

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese muito, moito, from Latin multus. Compare Portuguese muito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmojto/ [ˈmoj.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ojto
• Hyphenation: moi‧to

Adjective

moito (feminine moita, masculine plural moitos, feminine plural moitas)

1. much, many, a lot of, lots of

   Moita xente vive neste edificio.

   Many people live in this building.

   O meu avó construíu moitas casas nos anos setenta.

   My grandfather built lots of houses in the seventies.

   Non teño moito diñeiro.

   I don't have a lot of money.

   Traballa moito menos ca min.

   He works much less than I do.

Adverb

moito

1. much, a lot (of), lots

   Ela corre moito.

   She runs a lot.

Antonyms

• pouco

Pronoun

moito

1. much, a lot (a large amount or a great extent)

   Antonym: pouco

   Seu irmán nunca ten moito que dicir.

   His brother never has much to say.

   Non hai pouco que non abaste nin moito que non se acabe (proverb)

   There is no little that doesn't suffice nor much that doesn't run out.

Related terms

• moi

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “moito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “moito”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “moito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “moito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Verb

moito

1. first-person singular present indicative of moitar