many

many
'meni
1. comparative - more; adjective
(a great number of: Many languages are spoken in Africa; There weren't very many people; You've made a great/good many mistakes.) mucho, muchos

2. pronoun
(a great number: A few people survived, but many died.) muchos
- many a
many1 adj muchos
there aren't many girls in my class no hay muchas chicas en mi clase
did you make many mistakes? ¿hiciste muchas faltas?many se usa sobre todo en las frases negativas y en las preguntas; en las frases afirmativas se usa más a lot of
I have a lot of friends tengo muchos amigos
many2 pron muchos
many think he is the best player in the world muchos piensan que es el mejor jugador del mundo
many
tr['menɪ]
adjective (comp more, superl most)
1 mucho,-a, muchos,-as
■ many people never go abroad mucha gente nunca va al extranjero
■ he hasn't got many friends no tiene muchos amigos
■ many years ago hacer muchos años
■ there are twice as many people tonight hay el doble de gente esta noche
■ there are too many cars hay demasiados coches
■ he took four exams in as many days hizo cuatro exámenes en otros tantos días
■ I have one ticket too many tengo una entrada de más
pronoun
1 muchos,-as
■ I don't want many no quiero muchos
noun the many
1 la mayoría
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
a good/great many muchísimos,-as
as many ... as tantos,-as ... como
how many? ¿cuántos,-as?
many a ... muchos,-as ...
many's the ... son muchos,-as ...
not many pocos,-as, no muchos,-as
to have had one too many haber tomado una copa de más
too many demasiados,-as
many ['mɛni] adj, more ['mor] ; most ['mo:st] : muchos
many pron
: muchos pl, -chas pl
many
adj.
• asaz adj.
• diverso, -a adj.
• mucho, -a adj.
n.
• gran número s.m.
pron.
• mucho, -a pron.
• muchos, -as pron.

I 'meni
adjective
1) muchos, -chas

how many plates/cups? — ¿cuántos platos/cuántas tazas?

a great/good many people — muchísima/mucha gente

I've had as many jobs as you — he tenido tantos trabajos como tú

use as many colors as you need — utiliza todos los colores que necesitas

she read 15 books in as many days — se leyó 15 libros en el mismo número de días

too many problems/people — demasiados problemas/demasiada gente

one chair too many, one too many chairs — una silla de más

2)

many a — (liter) muchos, -chas

many a time — muchas veces


II
pronoun muchos, -chas

how many of you smoke? — ¿cuántos/cuántas de ustedes fuman?

many of us — muchos de nosotros

a good many of the houses — muchas de las casas

many's the time I've asked myself that — más de una vez me he preguntado eso

answer as many of the questions as possible — conteste todas las preguntas que pueda

I've got twice as many as you — tengo el doble que tú

as many as 26 are missing — faltan nada menos que 26

however many you eat — te comas las or los que te comas

I don't want this many — yo no quiero tantos/tantas

would ten be too many? — ¿diez serían demasiados?

you've given me one/two too many — me has dado uno/dos de más

many would disagree with that — muchos no estarían de acuerdo con eso

['menɪ]
1.
ADJ muchos/as

many people — mucha gente, muchas personas

in many cases — en muchos casos

• a good or a great many houses — muchas or (LAm) bastantes casas

• however many books you have — por muchos libros que tengas

• not many people — poca gente

• so many — tantos/as

so many flies — tantas moscas

ever so many people — la mar de gente, tantísimas personas

• many a time I've seen him act, many's the time I've seen him act — muchas veces lo he visto actuar

• too many — demasiados/as

too many difficulties — demasiadas dificultades

2.
PRON muchos/as

many of them came — muchos (de ellos) vinieron

• he has as many as I have — tiene tantos como yo

he has three times as many as I have — tiene tres veces más que yo

there were as many as 100 at the meeting — asistieron a la reunión hasta cien personas

as many again — otros tantos

and as many more — y otros tantos

• how many are there? — ¿cuántos hay?

how many there are! — ¡cuántos hay!

• however many you have — por muchos que tengas

• not many — pocos

not many came — vinieron pocos

3.
N

the many — la mayoría

* * *

I ['meni]
adjective
1) muchos, -chas

how many plates/cups? — ¿cuántos platos/cuántas tazas?

a great/good many people — muchísima/mucha gente

I've had as many jobs as you — he tenido tantos trabajos como tú

use as many colors as you need — utiliza todos los colores que necesitas

she read 15 books in as many days — se leyó 15 libros en el mismo número de días

too many problems/people — demasiados problemas/demasiada gente

one chair too many, one too many chairs — una silla de más

2)

many a — (liter) muchos, -chas

many a time — muchas veces


II
pronoun muchos, -chas

how many of you smoke? — ¿cuántos/cuántas de ustedes fuman?

many of us — muchos de nosotros

a good many of the houses — muchas de las casas

many's the time I've asked myself that — más de una vez me he preguntado eso

answer as many of the questions as possible — conteste todas las preguntas que pueda

I've got twice as many as you — tengo el doble que tú

as many as 26 are missing — faltan nada menos que 26

however many you eat — te comas las or los que te comas

I don't want this many — yo no quiero tantos/tantas

would ten be too many? — ¿diez serían demasiados?

you've given me one/two too many — me has dado uno/dos de más

many would disagree with that — muchos no estarían de acuerdo con eso


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