máis

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Fala

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Alternative forms

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  • mais (Frades Gaspar's form)

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese mais, from Latin magis (more).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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máis

  1. most, -est (forms superlatives)
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
      O términu de Valverdi, mais grandi, limita con Portugal, precisamenti con dois distintius Departamentos, que eran Beira Alta con capital en Guarda, a Beira Baixa con capital en Castelo Branco.
      The Valverde locality, the biggest, borders Portugal, more precisely with two distinct departments, which were Beira Alta with Guarda as its capital, and Beira Baixa with Castelo Branco as its capital.

Determiner

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máis

  1. more than what has been specified
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme VI, Chapter 1::
      Poin encontralsi, a o millol, hasta “oito” o mais.
      There can be found, at best, up to “eight” or more.
  2. yet another
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 2: Númerus?:
      As lenguas, idiomas, dialectus o falas tenin un-as funciós mui claras desde o principiu dos siglu i si hai contabilizaus en o mundu un-as 8.000 lenguas, ca un-a con sua importancia numérica relativa, a nossa fala é un tesoiru mais entre elas.
      The tongues, languages or regional variants have some very clear functions since the beginning of the centuries and some 8,000 languages have been accounted for in the world, each with its relative numerical importance, Fala is yet another treasure among them.

References

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  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin magis. Compare Portuguese mais.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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máis

  1. more, especially used in forming the superlative of adjectives
    obxectos máis modernos
    more modern objects
    punto máis alto
    higher point (literally "point more high")

Determiner

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máis

  1. more, additional
    máis información
    more information

Usage notes

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The accent disambiguates from the conjunction mais (and, but).

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Irish

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Noun

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máis m

  1. genitive singular of más

Portuguese

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Adverb

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máis (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of mais.