muchas cosas
/mut͡ʃas kosas/from spelling rules
The English phrase "many things" is translated into Spanish as muchas cosas.
Which one should you use?
Use muchas cosas for countable items. In contrast, the singular forms mucho/a are used for uncountable quantities, such as in the phrase mucho tiempo (much time).
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase must agree in gender and number: muchas (feminine plural) matches cosas (feminine plural). The adjective mucho must change its ending to match the gender and number of the noun it modifies.
Did you know?
- The feminine noun cosa is used even if the 'many things' being referred to are all masculine objects, because the word cosas overrides the gender of the items it replaces.
- Spanish has a specific word, trastes, to describe 'many things' specifically when those things are kitchen utensils or cluttered household objects.
- While muchas cosas is grammatically correct, a speaker might use un montón de cosas to sound more natural and conversational, translating literally to 'a heap of things'.
Examples in context
- Mary sabe muchas cosas.Mary knows many things.This sentence is useful for seeing how to say Mary knows many things with muchas cosas.Tatoeba #2915145 by hayastan, translation #2729155 by Amastan
- Hablamos de muchas cosas.We talked of many things.This sentence is useful for seeing how to say We talked of many things with muchas cosas.Tatoeba #1400446 by marcelostockle, translation #23264 by Swift
- El tiempo nos quitó muchas cosas.Time took many things from us.This sentence is useful for seeing how to say Time took many things from us with muchas cosas.Tatoeba #11292497 by Shishir, translation #11385388 by DJ_Saidez
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Example conversation
Lucía and Javier are talking about their weekend.
- LucíaHice muchas cosas el sábado.I did many things on Saturday.
- Javier¿De verdad? Cuéntame más, Lucía.Really? Tell me more, Lucía.
- LucíaFui al parque y compré muchas cosas.I went to the park and bought many things.
- JavierParece que tuviste un día muy activo.It seems you had a very active day.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
