mucho

1 of 2

adverb

mu·​cho ˈmü-(ˌ)chō How to pronounce mucho (audio)
: to a high degree : very
… a mucho funny riff on the Temptations' "Ball of Confusion" …Lisa Kennedy
… the lavish lifestyles … in which all seem to own fantastic hair and drive mucho-expensive automobiles.Al Alexander

mucho

2 of 2

adjective

: a lot of : much
DeMann convinced Mottola to spend more than $200,000 on an elaborate stage production with mucho pulchritude (including a sexy belly dance by Shakira) and pyrotechnics.Marc Weingarten
Not surprisingly, there was mucho grumbling from sleazy ticket brokers.Kim Neely

Examples of mucho in a Sentence

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Adverb
mucho, pero Zach: Homero and Silvano both urged the government to invest in the reserve. Outside Online, 25 Sep. 2024
Adjective
There’s mucho energy happening in your Money House, which means cash is flowing in both directions. Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025 Es mucho más fácil cambiar y mejorar cómo nos comunicamos cuando entendemos por qué hablamos y nos comportamos de la manera en que lo hacemos. Deborah Grayson Riegel, Harvard Business Review, 11 Nov. 2024 Eso dice mucho Obama llamó a los hombres negros a dejar las ‘excusas’ y apoyar a Harris Nevada Used A.I. to Find ‘At-Risk’ Students. New York Times, 11 Oct. 2024 The sequence finds John Wick, Mark Zaror's henchman Chidi, Shamier Anderson's mercenary Tracker, a large number of goons, and a dog engaging in mucho mayhem while dodging the traffic speeding around the Paris landmark. Clark Collis, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2023 The leading edge of Honda's mucho-macho offensive is the new HPD package. John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 3 Mar. 2021

Word History

Etymology

Adverb

borrowed from Spanish — more at mucho entry 2

Adjective

borrowed from Spanish, going back to Latin multus "many, much" — more at meliorate

Note: The acceptance of mucho as an English word has most likely profited from its resemblance to much entry 1, to which it is etymologically unrelated.

First Known Use

Adverb

1870, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1877, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mucho was in 1870

Cite this Entry

“Mucho.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mucho. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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