"molto" meaning in Italian

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈmol.to/ Forms: moltissimo [superlative]
Rhymes: -olto Etymology: From Latin multus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). Compare Portuguese muito, Romanian mult, Catalan molt. Etymology templates: {{cln|it|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|it|la|multus}} Latin multus, {{inh|it|ine-pro|*ml̥tos||crumbled, crumpled|pos=past passive participle}} Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle), {{cog|pt|muito}} Portuguese muito, {{cog|ro|mult}} Romanian mult, {{cog|ca|molt}} Catalan molt Head templates: {{it-adv|sup=moltissimo}} molto (superlative moltissimo)
  1. much, very much, a lot
    Sense id: en-molto-it-adv-AJ6b-n3x
  2. (with an adverb or adjective) very, really, very much Tags: with an adverb or adjective
    Sense id: en-molto-it-adv-VRZJQONP
  3. (in expressions of comparison) much, far, a lot Tags: in expressions of comparison
    Sense id: en-molto-it-adv-S4LUH~as
  4. long, a long time
    Sense id: en-molto-it-adv-ekbtHwcR

Determiner

IPA: /ˈmol.to/ Forms: molta [feminine], molti [masculine, plural], molte [feminine, plural], moltissimo [superlative]
Rhymes: -olto Etymology: From Latin multus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). Compare Portuguese muito, Romanian mult, Catalan molt. Etymology templates: {{cln|it|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|it|la|multus}} Latin multus, {{inh|it|ine-pro|*ml̥tos||crumbled, crumpled|pos=past passive participle}} Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle), {{cog|pt|muito}} Portuguese muito, {{cog|ro|mult}} Romanian mult, {{cog|ca|molt}} Catalan molt Head templates: {{it-det|sup=moltissimo}} 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
    Sense id: en-molto-it-det-JnnnmbP3 Categories (other): Italian determiners Disambiguation of Italian determiners: 61 39
  2. great, much, very
    Sense id: en-molto-it-det-TVZsHCNH Categories (other): Italian determiners Disambiguation of Italian determiners: 61 39

Noun

IPA: /ˈmol.to/
Rhymes: -olto Etymology: From Latin multus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). Compare Portuguese muito, Romanian mult, Catalan molt. Etymology templates: {{cln|it|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|it|la|multus}} Latin multus, {{inh|it|ine-pro|*ml̥tos||crumbled, crumpled|pos=past passive participle}} Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle), {{cog|pt|muito}} Portuguese muito, {{cog|ro|mult}} Romanian mult, {{cog|ca|molt}} Catalan molt Head templates: {{it-noun|m|-}} molto m (uncountable)
  1. the many Tags: masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-molto-it-noun-pwKdC2CO
  2. the large part Tags: masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-molto-it-noun-u55mnazs
  3. a great deal Tags: masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-molto-it-noun-UmlRfz1u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: multi-, molti-

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈmol.to/ Forms: molta [feminine], molti [masculine, plural], molte [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -olto Etymology: From Latin multus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). Compare Portuguese muito, Romanian mult, Catalan molt. Etymology templates: {{cln|it|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|it|la|multus}} Latin multus, {{inh|it|ine-pro|*ml̥tos||crumbled, crumpled|pos=past passive participle}} Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle), {{cog|pt|muito}} Portuguese muito, {{cog|ro|mult}} Romanian mult, {{cog|ca|molt}} Catalan molt
  1. much, a lot, (in the plural) many, many people
    Sense id: en-molto-it-pron-QyFC-zPA Categories (other): Italian pronouns

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "It was getting very late, and if he didn't go, he would miss his plane.",
          "text": "Si stava facendo molto tardi, se non fosse partito, avrebbe perso l'aereo.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The game has very simple rules.",
          "text": "Il gioco ha regole molto semplici.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "Glaciers melting much faster than expected.",
          "text": "I ghiacciai si sciolgono molto più velocemente di quanto atteso.",
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        {
          "english": "Have you been waiting long?",
          "text": "È molto che aspetti?",
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        "long, a long time"
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-olto"
    }
  ],
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          "english": "I want many friends.",
          "text": "Voglio molti amici.",
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          "english": "I've been eating a lot of chocolate lately.",
          "text": "Ho mangiato molta cioccolata ultimamente.",
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        {
          "english": "It's very cold.",
          "text": "Fa molto freddo.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "We must proceed with great care.",
          "text": "Dobbiamo procedere con molta attenzione.",
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        "great, much, very"
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        [
          "much",
          "much"
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          "very",
          "very"
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    },
    {
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    }
  ],
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        {
          "english": "It doesn't take much to make a pregnant woman cry.",
          "text": "Non ci vuole molto per far piangere una donna incinta.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "I have always liked these shoes, and have bought many of them over the years.",
          "text": "Queste scarpe mi sono sempre piaciute e ne ho comprate molte nel corso degli anni.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Dancing is a passion for many people.",
          "text": "Per molti il ballo è una passione.",
          "type": "example"
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          "many",
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      "form": "moltissimo",
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          "english": "I don't like it very much, to be frank.",
          "text": "A essere onesto, non mi piace molto.",
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      "glosses": [
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        {
          "english": "It was getting very late, and if he didn't go, he would miss his plane.",
          "text": "Si stava facendo molto tardi, se non fosse partito, avrebbe perso l'aereo.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The game has very simple rules.",
          "text": "Il gioco ha regole molto semplici.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "very, really, very much"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "very",
          "very"
        ],
        [
          "really",
          "really"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with an adverb or adjective) very, really, very much"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "with an adverb or adjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Glaciers melting much faster than expected.",
          "text": "I ghiacciai si sciolgono molto più velocemente di quanto atteso.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "much, far, a lot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ],
        [
          "far",
          "far"
        ],
        [
          "a lot",
          "a lot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in expressions of comparison) much, far, a lot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in expressions of comparison"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Have you been waiting long?",
          "text": "È molto che aspetti?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "long, a long time"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "long",
          "long"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmol.to/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-olto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "molto"
}

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  "antonyms": [
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      "sense": "much, a lot",
      "word": "poco"
    }
  ],
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    "Italian 2-syllable words",
    "Italian determiners",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian masculine nouns",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Italian terms with audio links",
    "Italian uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:Italian/olto",
    "Rhymes:Italian/olto/2 syllables"
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        "2": "undefined derivations"
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "cln"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "multus"
      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ml̥tos",
        "4": "",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "muito"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese muito",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "mult"
      },
      "expansion": "Romanian mult",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "molt"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan molt",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin multus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). Compare Portuguese muito, Romanian mult, Catalan molt.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "molta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "molti",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "molte",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "moltissimo",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mól‧to"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I want many friends.",
          "text": "Voglio molti amici.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I've been eating a lot of chocolate lately.",
          "text": "Ho mangiato molta cioccolata ultimamente.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a lot of, much, great, (in the plural) many, a lot of, lots of"
      ],
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        [
          "a lot of",
          "a lot of"
        ],
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "many",
          "many"
        ],
        [
          "lots of",
          "lots of"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It's very cold.",
          "text": "Fa molto freddo.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "We must proceed with great care.",
          "text": "Dobbiamo procedere con molta attenzione.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "great, much, very"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ],
        [
          "very",
          "very"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmol.to/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-olto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "molto"
}

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    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian masculine nouns",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian pronouns",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Italian terms with audio links",
    "Italian uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:Italian/olto",
    "Rhymes:Italian/olto/2 syllables"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "undefined derivations"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "cln"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "multus"
      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ml̥tos",
        "4": "",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "muito"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese muito",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "mult"
      },
      "expansion": "Romanian mult",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "molt"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan molt",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin multus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). Compare Portuguese muito, Romanian mult, Catalan molt.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "molta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "molti",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "molte",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mól‧to"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It doesn't take much to make a pregnant woman cry.",
          "text": "Non ci vuole molto per far piangere una donna incinta.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I have always liked these shoes, and have bought many of them over the years.",
          "text": "Queste scarpe mi sono sempre piaciute e ne ho comprate molte nel corso degli anni.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Dancing is a passion for many people.",
          "text": "Per molti il ballo è una passione.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "much, a lot, (in the plural) many, many people"
      ],
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        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ],
        [
          "a lot",
          "a lot"
        ],
        [
          "many",
          "many"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmol.to/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-olto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "molto"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Italian 2-syllable words",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian masculine nouns",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Italian terms with audio links",
    "Italian uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:Italian/olto",
    "Rhymes:Italian/olto/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "undefined derivations"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "cln"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "multus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin multus",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ml̥tos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "crumbled, crumpled",
        "pos": "past passive participle"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "muito"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese muito",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "mult"
      },
      "expansion": "Romanian mult",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "molt"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan molt",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin multus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). Compare Portuguese muito, Romanian mult, Catalan molt.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "molto m (uncountable)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mól‧to"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "multi-"
    },
    {
      "word": "molti-"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the many"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the large part"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a great deal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "a great deal",
          "a great deal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmol.to/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-olto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "molto"
}

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