# multo
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈmul.tu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmul.to]

### Verb

multo
* first-person singular present indicative of multar

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Spanish muerto (“dead”).

### Noun

multo
* (rare) a ghost; the disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish muerto (“dead”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmulto/, [ˈmul̪.t̪o]
* Hyphenation: mul‧to

### Noun

multo
* ghost; apparition of the dead

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmulto]
* Rhymes: -ulto
* Hyphenation: mul‧to

### Noun

multo (accusative singular multon, plural multoj, accusative plural multojn)
* a sizeable quantity or number

#### Derived terms

* plimulto

## Interlingua
### Etymology

From Italian molto.

### Adverb

multo
* very

#### Related terms

* multe

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmul.to/
* Rhymes: -ulto
* Hyphenation: mùl‧to

### Verb

multo
* first-person singular present indicative of multare

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* mulctō

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmul.toː/, [ˈmʊɫ̪t̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmul.to/, [ˈmul̪t̪o]

### Etymology 1

From multa (“penalty, fine”) +‎ -ō.

#### Verb

multō (present infinitive multāre, perfect active multāvī, supine multātum); first conjugation
* (law) to punish; to sentence; to fine
    Synonyms: castīgō, pūniō, expiō, mulctō, obiūrgō, animadvertō, moneō, plēctō, ulcīscor, exsequor

##### Related terms

* multa
* multāticus
* multātiō

##### Descendants

* Italian: multare
* Portuguese: multar
* Sicilian: murtari
* Spanish: multar

### Etymology 2

From multus (“much”).

#### Adverb

multō (not comparable)
* by much, by far
    multo post ― long time later
    multo ante ― long time ago
* a great deal, a lot of

#### Adjective

multō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of multus

### References

* “multo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “multo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* multo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* multo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to punish by banishment: aliquem exsilio afficere, multare to condemn some one to a fine: pecunia multare aliquem to punish any one with death: morte multare aliquem (Catil. 1. 11. 28) (ambiguous) our generation has seen many victories: nostra aetas multas victorias vidit (ambiguous) to foresee the far distant future: futura or casus futuros (multo ante) prospicere (ambiguous) the day is already far advanced: multus dies or multa lux est (ambiguous) late at night: multa de nocte (ambiguous) he has had many painful experiences: multa acerba expertus est (ambiguous) to be well-informed, erudite: multa cognita, percepta habere, multa didicisse (ambiguous) to collect, accumulate instances: multa exempla in unum (locum) colligere (ambiguous) to go deeply into a matter, discuss it fully: multa verba facere (ambiguous) he has made several mistakes: saepe (crebro, multa) peccavit, erravit, lapsus est (ambiguous) to make extracts from Cicero's writings: aliquid, multa ex Ciceronis libris excerpere (not excerpere librum) (ambiguous) we are united by many mutual obligations: multa et magna inter nos officia intercedunt (Fam. 13. 65) (ambiguous) to obtain many (few) votes in a century or tribe: multa (pauca) puncta in centuria (tribu) aliqua ferre (ambiguous) the victory cost much blood and many wounds, was very dearly bought: victoria multo sanguine ac vulneribus stetit (Liv. 23. 30) (ambiguous) in short; to be brief: ne multa, quid plura? sed quid opus est plura?
* Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

## Masbatenyo
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish muerto (“dead”).

### Noun

multo
* ghost; specter
    Synonym: kalag

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmuw.tu/ [ˈmuʊ̯.tu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmuw.tu/ [ˈmuʊ̯.tu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmuw.to/ [ˈmuʊ̯.to]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmul.tu/ [ˈmuɫ.tu]
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ultu, (Brazil) -uwtu
* Hyphenation: mul‧to

### Verb

multo
* first-person singular present indicative of multar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmulto/ [ˈmul̪.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -ulto
* Syllabification: mul‧to

### Verb

multo
* first-person singular present indicative of multar

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Early borrowing from Spanish muerto (“dead”) with sound shift of /ɾ/ to /l/ and stress shift following a closed penultimate syllable, from Vulgar Latin *mortu(s), from Latin mortuus. Doublet of muwerto.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /mulˈto/ [mʊlˈt̪o]
* Rhymes: -o
* Syllabification: mul‧to

### Noun

multó (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)
* ghost; specter
    Synonym: (diminutive) mumo
* spirit of a deceased person
    Synonyms: kaluluwa, espiritu

### Further reading

* “multo” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
* “multo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* lumot