moito

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese muito, moito, from Latin multus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmojto/ [ˈmoj.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ojto
  • Hyphenation: moi‧to

Adjective

moito (feminine moita, masculine plural moitos, feminine plural moitas)

  1. much, many, a lot of, lots of
    Moita xente vive neste edificio.
    Many people live in this building.
    O meu avó construíu moitas casas nos anos setenta.
    My grandfather built lots of houses in the seventies.
    Non teño moito diñeiro.
    I don't have a lot of money.
    Traballa moito menos ca min.
    He works much less than I do.

Adverb

moito

  1. much, a lot (of), lots
    Ela corre moito.
    She runs a lot.

Antonyms

Pronoun

moito

  1. much, a lot (a large amount or a great extent)
    Antonym: pouco
    Seu irmán nunca ten moito que dicir.
    His brother never has much to say.
    Non hai pouco que non abaste nin moito que non se acabe (proverb)
    There is no little that doesn't suffice nor much that doesn't run out.

References
  • “moito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “moito” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “moito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “moito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “moito” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Verb

moito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of moitar
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