# molto
## Aragonese
### Alternative forms

* muito
* muto

### Etymology

From Navarro-Aragonese muito, from Latin multus (“much; many”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). Compare Polish muito, Italian molto, Catalan molt, and Spanish mucho.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmolto/
* Rhymes: -olto
* Syllabification: mol‧to

### Determiner

molto
* much; many; a lot of; lots of
    Tiengo moltas cosas pa ferI have many things to do.
    Ha pleviu molta augua.It rained a lot.
* too much; too many (an excessive amount of)
    Synonyms: masa, masiau, demasiau
    No m'agrada estar aquí. i hai molta chent.I don’t like it here. There are too many people.

### Pronoun

molto
* much; many; a lot; lots
    Bella ye buena, moltas no en son.Some are good, many aren't.
* too much; too many
    Si deixasem moltas ubiertas, podríam tener problemas.If too many are left open, we could have some problems.

### Adverb

molto
* very; a lot; very much (to a great extent or degree)
    Synonyms: arrienda, buena cosa, buen tallo, a-saber-lo
    Me fas molto goyo.I like you very much.

### Further reading

* Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin multus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). Compare Portuguese muito, Romanian mult, Catalan molt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmol.to/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -olto
* Hyphenation: mól‧to

### Adverb

molto (superlative moltissimo)
* much, very much, a lot (with verbs)
    Synonym: tanto
    Antonym: poco
    A essere onesto, non mi piace molto.I don't like it very much, to be frank.
* very, really, very much (with adjectives or adverbs)
    Si stava facendo molto tardi, se non fosse partito, avrebbe perso l'aereo.It was getting very late, and if he didn't go, he would miss his plane.
    Il gioco ha regole molto semplici.The game has very simple rules.
    Fa molto freddo.It's very cold.
* much, far, a lot (in expressions of comparison)
    I ghiacciai si sciolgono molto più velocemente di quanto atteso.Glaciers are melting much faster than expected.
* long, a long time
    Synonym: tanto
    Antonym: poco
    È molto che aspetti?Have you been waiting long?

### Determiner

molto (feminine molta, masculine plural molti, feminine plural molte, superlative moltissimo)
* a lot of, much, great, (in the plural) many, a lot of, lots of
    Synonym: tanto
    Antonym: poco
    Voglio molti amici.I want many friends.
    Ho mangiato molta cioccolata ultimamente.I've been eating a lot of chocolate lately.
    Queste scarpe mi sono sempre piaciute e ne ho comprate molte nel corso degli anni.I have always liked these shoes, and have bought many of them over the years.
    Dobbiamo procedere con molta attenzione.We must proceed with great care.

### Pronoun

molto (no feminine, masculine plural molti, feminine plural molte)
* much, a lot
    Synonym: tanto
    Antonym: poco
    Non ci vuole molto per far piangere una donna incinta.It doesn't take much to make a pregnant woman cry.
* (in the plural) many, many people
    Antonym: pochi
    Per molti il ballo è una passione.Dancing is a passion for many people.

### Noun

molto m (uncountable)
* the many
* the large part
* a great deal

### See also

* multi-, molti-

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* multō, montō, muttō, mutō

### Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“wether”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmol.toː/, [ˈmɔɫ̪t̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmol.to/, [ˈmɔl̪t̪o]

### Noun

moltō m (genitive moltōnis); third declension
* (Medieval Latin) wether

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | moltō | moltōnēs |
| Genitive | moltōnis | moltōnum |
| Dative | moltōnī | moltōnibus |
| Accusative | moltōnem | moltōnēs |
| Ablative | moltōne | moltōnibus |
| Vocative | moltō | moltōnēs |

#### Descendants

* Catalan: moltó
* Old French: mouton, moton, multon, multum, mutun, multun
** Middle French: mouton
*** French: mouton
**** Haitian Creole: mouton
**** Louisiana Creole: mouton
**** Seychellois Creole: mouton
**** → English: mouton
**** >? Galician: motóa
** Norman: mouton
** Walloon: moton
** → Middle English: motoun, moton, motun, moten, mutoun, motone, mutton, motton, motene
*** English: mutton
*** Scots: mutton
*** Yola: muthon, mothoon
* Italian: montone
* Sicilian: muntuni
** → Maltese: muntun

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmol͈to/

### Noun

molto
* genitive singular of molad