No. 403 in Portuguese
mais
"Mais" means "more" or "most" in English.
In a sentence
Eu quero mais água.
I want more water.
Here, 'mais' is used to request an additional amount of something, in this case, water.
Este livro é mais interessante do que aquele.
This book is more interesting than that one.
In this sentence, 'mais' functions as a comparative, indicating a greater degree of a quality (interestingness).
Quanto mais estudo, mais aprendo.
The more I study, the more I learn.
Here, 'mais' is used for expressing proportional relationships in a correlative conjunction structure.
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