When do you use muy and mucho?
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Is there a rule for using muy or mucho when describing "how much" of something or saying "very" ?
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updated Nov 4, 2011
posted by cal4mk
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Welcome to the forum Cal
Generally speaking muy and mucho are used like this.
very = muy
Están muy bien/cansados. / They’re very well/tired.
A lot or lots of or many = mucho / muchos
Tengo mucho trabajo. / I’ve got a lot of work.
Había muchos coches. / There were lots of cars.
Eso es mucho dinero para mí. / That’s a lot of money for me.
Usually much is used in negative connotations in English - I don't have much money
whereas "mucho/s" is more flexible in Spanish.
No había muchos ingleses. There weren’t many English people.
updated Nov 4, 2011
edited by ian-hill
posted by ian-hill
