much

Significado

Det

1. A large amount of.
2. Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the quantity of something.
3. A great number of; many (people).
4. many ( + plural countable noun).

Adj

1. (obsolete) Large, great.
2. (obsolete) Long in duration.

Adv

1. To a great extent.
2. Often; frequently.
3. Used to indicate or compare extent.
4. (slang) Combining with an adjective or (occasionally) a noun, used in a rhetorical question to mock someone for having the specified quality.
5. (obsolete) Almost.

Pron

A large amount or great extent.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/mʌt͡ʃ/

Etimología

From Middle English muche (“much, great”), apocopated variant of muchel (“much, great”), from Old English myċel, miċel (“big, much”), from Proto-West Germanic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“big, stour, great”). See also mickle, muckle.
cognates
Cognate with Scots mickle, mukill, mekil, mikil (“big, large, great, much”), Middle Dutch mēkel (“great, many, much”), Middle High German michel ("great, many, much"; > German michel (“great, big, large”)), Norwegian Bokmål mye (“much”), Norwegian Nynorsk mykje (“much”), Swedish mycket (“much”), Danish meget (“much”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils, “great, many”), Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large, great”), Modern Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “large, great”).
Note that English much is not related to Spanish mucho, and their resemblance in both form and meaning is purely coincidental, as mucho derives from Latin multus and is not related to the Germanic forms. Instead, related to Spanish maño.

Oraciones

Maybe it was because they moved around so much .

Tal vez fue porque se movieron mucho.

The pleasant hours fly by much too soon .

Las agradables horas vuelan demasiado pronto.

The Flying Corps owed to this man much more than they know or think .

El Cuerpo Flying le debe a este hombre mucho más de lo que saben o piensan.

He has done so much ghostwriting that he starts to feel like a ghost , too .

Ha hecho tanto fantasmas que también comienza a sentirse como un fantasma.

Much of the economic activity in the area centers around the outdoors .

Gran parte de la actividad económica en el área se centra en el aire libre.

If he makes a buying mistake , it doesn't affect him much .

Si comete un error de compra, no le afecta mucho.

Much of William Schmidt's music was influenced by jazz and folk music .

Gran parte de la música de William Schmidt fue influenciada por el jazz y la música folk.

Delonge attributed much of its success to the simplicity of the rules .

Delonge atribuyó gran parte de su éxito a la simplicidad de las reglas.