muy
Spanish, adverb/ˈmwi/
muy is spelled M-U-Y (3 letters) and appears 1,622 times per million words in written Spanish, the 49th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muy is a Spanish adverb meaning “apocopic form of mucho; very” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Expresa grado intenso, extenso o de abundancia de la característica del adjetivo o adverbio al que precede y…”.
What does muy mean in English?
adverb
- 1
apocopic form of mucho; very
Tengo un coche muy caro.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Expresa grado intenso, extenso o de abundancia de la característica del adjetivo o adverbio al que precede y es caracterizado como un adverbio de cantidad o modo..
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of muy
- mu alternative Andalusia dialectal
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce muy?
- /ˈmwi/
- [ˈmwi]
- /ˈmui/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to muy
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is muy in Spanish?
muy appears 1,622 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).