/ˈmuʧo/
Translation
a lot, much, many, very much
Word origin
From Latin multus ('much, many'). The shortened muy is used before adjectives and adverbs.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- multus
- English cognates
- multiple, multitude, multi-
Examples
.
I really like Spanish music.
.
There is a lot of traffic in the centre at this hour.
, .
Thank you for your help, it means a lot to me.
.
It has been a long time since I saw my cousin.
.
He ate a lot at dinner and then felt unwell.
Mucho functions as both an adjective (agreeing with the noun: "mucha agua," "muchos libros") and an adverb (invariable: "trabaja mucho," "me gusta mucho"). As an adverb it intensifies verbs, while muy intensifies adjectives and adverbs - a distinction learners must master early.
Mucho cannot replace muy before adjectives. "Es mucho bueno" is a common but incorrect construction: the correct form is "Es muy bueno." Conversely, "trabaja muy" without an adjective following is unfinished - use "trabaja mucho" to say someone works a lot.
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
(50)Aquí, en casa
1 min read · Core 1000
El amigo de mi padre
1 min read · Core 1000
El camino a casa
2 min read · Core 1000
Lo mismo de siempre
2 min read · Core 1000
Pedro conoce a alguien
2 min read · Core 5000
Un día con María
2 min read · Core 1000
A Paula le duele todo
3 min read · Core 5000
Casi no llega
3 min read · Core 1000
Cinco mil palabras después
3 min read · Core 5000
Cocinar juntos
3 min read · Core 1000
Cuando llegué, ya había pasado
3 min read · Core 5000
Cuanto más espero, peor
3 min read · Core 5000
¿El coche o el carro?
3 min read · Core 5000
La conductora de la ambulancia
3 min read · Core 5000
El correo a la jefa
3 min read · Core 5000
El mejor café de la calle
3 min read · Core 5000
El nuevo doctor de Paula
3 min read · Core 1000
El perro del barrio
3 min read · Core 5000
El trabajo de Pedro
3 min read · Core 1000
El vecino nuevo
3 min read · Core 1000
En el médico
3 min read · Core 1000
Es importante que descanses
3 min read · Core 5000
Espero que vengáis
3 min read · Core 5000
La aventura de Sofía
3 min read · Core 5000
La fábrica de madera
3 min read · Core 5000
La fiesta sorpresa
3 min read · Core 1000
La habitación libre
3 min read · Core 5000
La llamada
3 min read · Core 1000
La promesa de Lucía
3 min read · Core 5000
Laura busca piso
3 min read · Core 5000
Le echo de menos
3 min read · Core 5000
Lo que dijo el médico
3 min read · Core 5000
María lleva una hora esperando
3 min read · Core 5000
Más vale tarde que nunca
3 min read · Core 5000
Media docena de huevos
3 min read · Core 5000
Menudo desastre
3 min read · Core 5000
No creo que sea grave
3 min read · Core 5000
No estoy embarazada
3 min read · Core 5000
Pasen y siéntense
3 min read · Core 5000
Perdido en la ciudad
3 min read · Core 1000
Por lo tanto, decidimos
3 min read · Core 5000
Se vende la camioneta
3 min read · Core 5000
Tú y tu hermano
3 min read · Core 5000
Una mañana en el mercado
3 min read · Core 1000
Una organización imposible
3 min read · Core 5000
Una tarde de lluvia
3 min read · Core 1000
¡Vaya sorpresa!
3 min read · Core 5000
El primer día de Laura
4 min read · Core 1000
La cena de los Pereira
4 min read · Core 1000
Los puestos del sábado
4 min read · Core 1000
Grammar articles
(29)Spanish Advanced Grammar (C1-C2): The Constructions That Sound Native
Spanish Adverbs of Place, Time and Degree (aquí, todavía, muy vs mucho)
Spanish Grammar Cheatsheet: The Essentials, One Page
Spanish Text Cohesion and Style: signposting, avoiding repetition, en resumen
Spanish Collocations: tomar una decisión, hacer una pregunta, cometer un error
Spanish Correlative Comparison: cuanto más... más, cada vez más, el doble
How to Say However, Even Though and Despite in Spanish: sin embargo, aunque, a pesar de
Spanish False Friends (Part 1): embarazada, actual, realizar, sensible
Gustar and Verbs Like It: Why Spanish Says the Coffee Pleases You
Hace, Desde and Desde Hace: Saying How Long and How Long Ago in Spanish
Spanish Impersonal Verbs: hay, hace, se habla and the No-Subject Constructions
Spanish Slang and Chat: decoding tío, guay, o sea, xq (the informal register)
Spanish Intensifiers and Downtoners: muy, -ísimo, super, un poco, más bien
Spanish Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
The Passive se and the Impersonal se in Spanish (se venden casas, se habla español)
The Personal A in Spanish: Why 'Veo a María' but 'Veo la casa'
The Spanish Pluperfect Subjunctive and Conditional Perfect (hubiera hablado, habría hablado)
Spanish Present Perfect: he hablado, ha vivido, hemos visto
The Spanish Present Progressive: estar + gerundio, and Why It Is Not the English -ing
Preterite vs Imperfect: How to Choose Between the Two Spanish Past Tenses
Spanish Quantifiers: mucho, poco, demasiado, todo, cada (mucha gente vs trabaja mucho)
Spanish Proverbs (Refranes): Más vale tarde que nunca, A quien madruga Dios le ayuda
Reported Speech in Spanish: tense backshift (dice que, dijo que)
Spanish Set Phrases with tener, dar, hacer, echar (tener ganas, echar de menos, hacer falta)
The Spanish Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses: Rules and Practice
Subjunctive vs Indicative in Spanish: Doubt, Denial and the Negation Flip
Spanish Subjunctive After Impersonal Expressions
The Spanish Subjunctive in Relative (Adjective) Clauses, with Practice
Verbs of Becoming in Spanish: ponerse, hacerse, volverse, convertirse en, llegar a ser
Add to review queue
Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.
Go to my review queueSpanish · Free printables
mucho: worksheet, infographic and listicle
Free printable study downloads for the Spanish word "mucho" (a lot, much, many, very much): a worksheet with the answer key built in, an infographic, and a sentence listicle. Open any one to view, print or save.
Free for members
The printable worksheets, infographics and PDFs are free with an account. Start a free week and download as many as you like.
Start your free weekThis word is part of lesson 2.