muito
Galician edit
Adjective edit
muito (feminine muita, masculine plural muitos, feminine plural muitas)
- Alternative form of moito
Adverb edit
muito
- 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
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: mui‧to
Determiner edit
muito (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 edit
muito (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 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)
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:muito.
Descendants edit
- Macanese: muto
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