Practice Spanish Muy vs Mucho Quiz

Muchos is an adjective and it’s placed before the noun. It talks about a plurality in quantity and amounts. In this case, muchos expresses the amount of dogs that my sister has: many or a lot.

As an adverb, muy goes before an adjective or a verb. ‘Muy’ allows you to intensify the action or characteristics presented. In the previous example, aburrida (boring) is the characteristic and it’s intensified by muy.

Muy intensifies the qualities presented by an adjective. Agradable is the adjective used to describe Vanessa and Lauren. ‘Muy’ can be translated as ‘very’.

Mucha works with femine singular Spanish nouns and it expresses the quantity or amount of this noun. In this case, it talks about the amount of people that speak Spanish.

Alto is an adjective that we use to describe a person (my boyfriend). By placing muy before ‘alto’, we’re intensifying this quality.

When placed after a verb, mucho works as an adverb and it doesn’t have a plural or feminine form since it’s qualifying an action. In this case, mucho expresses the amount of talking that Carla does.  

In this case, muchas is placed before the feminine and plural noun ‘veces’. As a result, it’s expressing the amount of times that I said something. 

Muchos is used to express amounts and quantities. In this case, it helps us measure and express the amount of tacos that I ate. When it comes to talking about amounts, you can use an exact number or you can work with an adjective of quantity.

Muy works with both verbs and adjectives and intensifies how an action is done. In this example, the action is ‘hablar español’ and muy intensifies the fact that the subject is not very good at it.

Mucho is an adjective that works with masculine singular nouns in Spanish. We use it to express the quantity of something. In this case, the amount of money.

When placed after a verb, mucho qualifies an action. This example expresses the amount of times that Sandy used to travel. Since we don’t have an exact number of trips, we can just say mucho.

Unlike English, in Spanish there’s no structure such as ‘very much’. Instead, we only use mucho or muchísimo. Mucho expresses the degree or level with which an action is performed, in this case, we express the degree of ‘love’. 

Gracias is a feminine plural noun. As a result, you need to use muchas. Remember that muchas is an adjective that expresses amounts and quantities: in this case, your gratefulness.

Muchas allows you to measure the amount of something. In this case, the quantity of flowers that I want for my birthday. Depending on the context, muchas can be translated as ‘many’ or ‘a lot of’.