muito
Galician
editAdjective
editmuito (feminine muita, masculine plural muitos, feminine plural muitas)
- Alternative form of moito
Adverb
editmuito
- Alternative form of moito
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
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Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: mui‧to
Determiner
editmuito (feminine muita, masculine plural muitos, feminine plural muitas)
- much; many; a lot of; lots of
- 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
editmuito (feminine muita, masculine plural muitos, feminine plural muitas)
- much; many; a lot; lots
- Algumas são boas, muitas são ruins.
- Some are good, many are bad.
- 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
editThis word and its derivatives (muito, muita, muitos, muitas, mui) are the only words in Portuguese to contain unmarked nasalization.
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:muito.
Derived terms
editAdverb
editmuito (not comparable)
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:muito.
Descendants
edit- Macanese: muto
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