adj
mucho
MOOT-shoh
adj
1
A great deal of; a lot (used informally, borrowed from Spanish).
"That job takes mucho patience."
"There's mucho work to do before the show opens."
How to Use Mucho
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA playful, Spanish-flavoured way of saying "very much" or "a lot," often used for emphasis in casual English.
When to use it
Informal and often used jokingly, as in "mucho gracias."
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mucho ("much"), from Latin multus. Despite the similarity, it isn't historically related to the English word "much," which comes from a Germanic root.