molto

See also: moltó

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• muito, muto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

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.

Pronoun

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.

Adverb

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.

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmol.to/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -olto
• Hyphenation: mól‧to

Adverb

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?

Determiner

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.

Pronoun

molto (feminine molta, 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.

Noun

molto m (uncountable)

1. (Can we add an example for this sense?) the many
2. (Can we add an example for this sense?) the large part
3. (Can we add an example for this sense?) a great deal

See also

• multi-, molti-

Further reading

• molto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• molto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• molto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔɫ.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔl.to]
• Hyphenation: mol‧tō

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

Noun

moltō m (genitive moltōnis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) wether

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	moltō	moltōnēs
genitive	moltōnis	moltōnum
dative	moltōnī	moltōnibus
accusative	moltōnem	moltōnēs
ablative	moltōne	moltōnibus
vocative	moltō	moltōnēs

Alternative forms

• montō, multō, mutō, muttō

Descendants

• 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

Etymology 2

Adverbial ablative from moltus (“much”).

Adverb

moltō (not comparable)

1. Old Latin form of multō

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

moltō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of moltus

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmol̪.t̪o/
• Rhymes: -ol̪t̪o
• Hyphenation: mol‧to

Noun

molto

1. genitive singular of molad

Mutation

Mutation of molto

radical	lenition	nasalization
molto also mmolto in h-prothesis environments	molto pronounced with /β̃-/	molto also mmolto

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Oscan

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *moltā.

Noun

molto (nominative singular)

1. fine

Declension

• moltam (accusative singular)
• moltas (genitive singular or accusative plural)

Related terms

• moltaum
• 𐌌𐌞𐌋𐌕𐌀𐌔𐌝𐌊𐌀𐌃 (múltasíkad)

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “multus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 394
• Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary‎^[1], page 320