mucho

Heaps, in slang

Mucho is Spanish for "much" or "a lot," borrowed into casual English as an intensifier: mucho dinero, mucho gusto.

Often used playfully or for emphasis: Thanks mucho, I'm not mucho interested.

The phrase mucho macho plays on the rhyme to exaggerate masculinity.

quantity

copious

Existing in abundance

abundant · plenty · lots · heaps · tons · loads · gobs · scads · oodles · galore

intensity

muy

Spanish adverb for extremely

extremely · greatly · immensely · tremendously · hugely · massively · incredibly · exceedingly · intensely · seriously

excess

overkill

Unnecessary additional effort

overabundance · extravagance · overdo · over-the-top · exaggeration · immoderation · inundation · saturation · overflow

volume

loud

High in volume

booming · thunderous · deafening · earsplitting · amplified · turned-up · roaring

slang

a lot

Large quantity or frequency

bare · no problemo · Spanglish · loanword

Categories
Opposites
quantity/amount

muchopoco

Musical "a little"

little · nada · nothing · minimal · meager

intensity/degree

muchobarely

Only just, almost not

hardly · slightly · a little · not much · not at all

Phrases
Family

much, muchness, muchachos, muchly, muchacho, muchacha

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G