muy

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See also: muþ

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish muy.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mʊi/, /mui/, /mɔɪ/, /mwiː/

Adverb

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muy (not comparable)

  1. (informal, US, chiefly in Latin-American contexts) Very.
    • 1995 November 30, Drema Crist, Janette Park, Marc Sorace, “Last-Second Sound Bites”, in The Chronicle, Duke University:
      Spacehog are a perfectly nice band, with pleasantly strummed guitars, a crisp pop sensibility, and muy cute vocals on this side of awkward, but after Blur, Ride, Lush, Oasis, Stone Roses, Elastica, and what have you, Resident Alien is just the proverbial straw on this overworked and overbroke camel's back.
    • 1999, Terri de la Peña, Faults, Alyson Books, published 1999, →ISBN, page 163:
      In her rosy two-piece traveling outfit, Adela looks muy cute as she walks toward us.
    • 2007 June 9, John Lannert, “Crossover King”, in Billboard:
      But such is the case with Enrique Iglesias, the muy handsome son of Julio, who is known to his fans these days simply as Enrique.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:muy.

Anagrams

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Chibcha

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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muy

  1. Alternative form of amuy

References

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  • Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.
  • Quesada Pacheco, Miguel Ángel. 1991. El vocabulario mosco de 1612. En estudios de Lingüística Chibcha. Programa de investigación del departamento de lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica. Serie Anual Tomo X San José (Costa Rica). Universidad de Costa Rica.

Ladino

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Etymology

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From muito, from Latin multus (much, many).

Adverb

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muy (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling מויי)

  1. very

Portuguese

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Adverb

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muy

  1. Obsolete spelling of mui.

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish muito, from Latin multus (much, many).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmui/ [ˈmui̯]
    • Rhymes: -ui
    • Syllabification: muy
  • IPA(key): /ˈmwi/ [ˈmwi]
    • Rhymes: -i

Adverb

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muy

  1. very
    Synonyms: re-, -ísimo
    Tengo un coche muy caro.
    I have a very expensive car.

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Tzotzil

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Verb

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muy

  1. (intransitive) to climb
    muy ta teʼ / vits
    to climb (a) tree / mountain

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