molto

• muito
• muto

From Navarro-Aragonese muito, from Latin multus (“much; many”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). Compare Polish muito, Italian molto, Catalan molt, and Spanish mucho.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmolto/
• Rhymes: -olto
• Syllabification: mol‧to

molto

2. much; many; a lot of; lots of

   Tiengo moltas cosas pa fer

   I have many things to do.

   Ha pleviu molta augua.

   It rained a lot.

4. too much; too many (an excessive amount of)

   Synonyms: masa, masiau, demasiau

   No m'agrada estar aquí. i hai molta chent.

   I don’t like it here. There are too many people.

molto

1. much; many; a lot; lots

   Bella ye buena, moltas no en son.

   Some are good, many aren't.

2. too much; too many

   Si deixasem moltas ubiertas, podríam tener problemas.

   If too many are left open, we could have some problems.

molto

2. very; a lot; very much (to a great extent or degree)

   Synonyms: arrienda, buena cosa, buen tallo, a-saber-lo

   Me fas molto goyo.

   I like you very much.

• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

From Latin multus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). Compare Portuguese muito, Romanian mult, Catalan molt.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmol.to/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -olto
• Hyphenation: mól‧to

molto (superlative moltissimo)

1. much, very much, a lot (with verbs)

   Synonym: tanto

   Antonym: poco

   A essere onesto, non mi piace molto.

   I don't like it very much, to be frank.

2. very, really, very much (with adjectives or adverbs)

   Si stava facendo molto tardi, se non fosse partito, avrebbe perso l'aereo.

   It was getting very late, and if he didn't go, he would miss his plane.

   Il gioco ha regole molto semplici.

   The game has very simple rules.

   Fa molto freddo.

   It's very cold.

3. much, far, a lot (in expressions of comparison)

   I ghiacciai si sciolgono molto più velocemente di quanto atteso.

   Glaciers are melting much faster than expected.

4. long, a long time

   Synonym: tanto

   Antonym: poco

   È molto che aspetti?

   Have you been waiting long?

molto (feminine molta, masculine plural molti, feminine plural molte, superlative moltissimo)

1. a lot of, much, great, (in the plural) many, a lot of, lots of

   Synonym: tanto

   Antonym: poco

   Voglio molti amici.

   I want many friends.

   Ho mangiato molta cioccolata ultimamente.

   I've been eating a lot of chocolate lately.

   Queste scarpe mi sono sempre piaciute e ne ho comprate molte nel corso degli anni.

   I have always liked these shoes, and have bought many of them over the years.

   Dobbiamo procedere con molta attenzione.

   We must proceed with great care.

molto (no feminine, masculine plural molti, feminine plural molte)

1. much, a lot

   Synonym: tanto

   Antonym: poco

   Non ci vuole molto per far piangere una donna incinta.

   It doesn't take much to make a pregnant woman cry.

2. (in the plural) many, many people

   Antonym: pochi

   Per molti il ballo è una passione.

   Dancing is a passion for many people.

molto m (uncountable)

1. the many
2. the large part
3. a great deal

• multi-, molti-

• multō, montō, muttō, mutō

Borrowed from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“wether”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmol.toː/, [ˈmɔɫ̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmol.to/, [ˈmɔl̪t̪o]

moltō m (genitive moltōnis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) wether

• Catalan: moltó
• Old French: mouton, moton, multon, multum, mutun, multun
  • Middle French: mouton
    • French: mouton
      • Haitian Creole: mouton
      • Louisiana Creole: mouton
      • Seychellois Creole: mouton
      • → English: mouton
      • >? Galician: motóa
  • Norman: mouton
  • Walloon: moton
  • → Middle English: motoun, moton, motun, moten, mutoun, motone, mutton, motton, motene
    • English: mutton
    • Scots: mutton
    • Yola: muthon, mothoon
• Italian: montone
• Sicilian: muntuni
  • → Maltese: muntun

• IPA^(key): /ˈmol͈to/

molto

1. genitive singular of molad

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
molto also mmolto after a proclitic ending in a vowel	molto pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.