muito
Portuguese, determiner/ˈmũj̃.tu/
muito is spelled M-U-I-T-O (5 letters) and appears 2,344 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 41st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muito is a Portuguese determiner meaning “much; many; a lot of; lots of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does muito mean in English?
determiner
- 1
much; many; a lot of; lots of
Tenho muitas coisas para fazer.
- 2
too much; too many (an excessive amount of)
Não gosto daqui. Tem muita gente.
pronoun
- 1
much; many; a lot; lots
Algumas são boas, muitas são ruins.
- 2
too much; too many
Se muitas forem deixadas destrancadas, isso pode causar problemas.
adverb
- 1
very; a lot; very much (to a great extent or degree)
Gosto muito de você.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. em alto grau 2. com excesso 3. abundantemente
pronoun: 1. em grande quantidade
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of muito
- muita feminine
- muitos masculine plural
- muitas feminine plural
- muyto alternative obsolete
- moito alternative archaic dialectal
- muinto alternative misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce muito?
- Brazil /ˈmũj̃.tu/
- Brazil [ˈmũɪ̯̃.tu]
- Portugal /ˈmũj̃.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to muito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is muito in Portuguese?
muito appears 2,344 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).