Mucha or Muy?

Question

When do you use Mucho/a and when do you use Muy?

Answer 1

Mucho/a - much, so use it before nouns.

Much pleasure- mucho gusto

much money mucho dinero

• all nouns.

Muy - very, so use it before a adjective. -

Very good, - muy bien

very silent, - muy silencioso

very ordinary - muy ordinarion

all adjectives

• ah yes, what an oversight, i will have to edit my post - El_Hitch Oct 9, 2010
• Didn't mean to step on your answer. I wrote mine before you changed yours. - KevinB Oct 9, 2010
• No harm done. Theres no 1 answer rule here. Write what you wish. - El_Hitch Oct 9, 2010

Answer 2

See if you can spot the difference in the way that they are used here

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→Tiene mucha ansiedad - He has a lot of anxiety/nervousness.
→Está muy ansioso - He is very anxious/nervous.

→Hay mucha gente que piensa así - There are a lot of people who think this way
→Hay muy poca gente que piensa así - There are very few people who think this way

→No creo que tenga mucho dinero - I don't believe that he has much/a lot of money.
→No creo que sea un hombre muy adinerado - I don't believe that he is a very wealthy man.

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Answer 3

You can also use mucho/mucha in front of singular nouns, meaning "much".

Mucha ansiedad = much anxiety
Mucha gente = many people (gente is singular in Spanish)
Mucho tiempo = much time
Mucho valor = much value

Answer 4

"mucho" is an adjective and "muy" an adverb. Use accordingly.