No. 1,152 in Portuguese
muito
"Much," "very," or "a lot."
In a sentence
Ela está muito feliz hoje.
She is very happy today.
In this sentence, 'muito' is used as an adverb to intensify the adjective 'feliz' (happy), meaning 'very'.
Eu tenho muito trabalho para fazer.
I have a lot of work to do.
Here, 'muito' functions as a quantifier indicating a large amount of 'trabalho' (work), meaning 'a lot'.
Estudamos muito para o exame.
We studied a lot for the exam.
'Muito' in this context is an adverb modifying the verb 'estudamos' (studied), equivalent to 'a lot'.
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