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Galician
Adjective
muito (feminine muita, masculine plural muitos, feminine plural muitas)
- Alternative form of moito
Adverb
muito
- 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
Determiner
muito (feminine muita, masculine plural muitos, feminine plural muitas)
- 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.
- 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)
- 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
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)
- 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