mucho

much, a lot, far, way, many times; very; long (a long time)

“Es mucho más difícil salir que entrar.” — It is way harder to get out than to get in.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multum Old Spanish muito Old Spanish mucho Spanish mucho Inherited from Old Spanish mucho, muito, from Latin multus (“much, many”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). Compare the Portuguese muito (“much, many, a lot”). Unrelated to English much, which is related to archaic maño (“big”) (the second element in tamaño).

a lot, much

“Mucho ha pasado estas últimas semanas.” — A lot has happened these past few weeks.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multum Old Spanish muito Old Spanish mucho Spanish mucho Inherited from Old Spanish mucho, muito, from Latin multus (“much, many”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). Compare the Portuguese muito (“much, many, a lot”). Unrelated to English much, which is related to archaic maño (“big”) (the second element in tamaño).