mucho mejor
/mut͡ʃo mexoɾ/from spelling rules
The English phrase "much better" is translated into Spanish as mucho mejor.
mucho mejor is used to describe something that is of a significantly higher quality or in a superior state than before.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of mucho (much) and mejor (better).
Which one should you use?
Adding mucho to mejor creates the comparative of superiority "much better", whereas muy mejor is grammatically incorrect in Spanish.
How does it change in a sentence?
In this phrase, mucho functions as an adverb modifying the comparative mejor. Unlike English, where 'much' can change to 'many' or 'more', the adverb mucho remains invariable in this phrase regardless of the noun it might be modifying in a different context.
How do you pronounce it?
/mutʃo mexoɾ/
Did you know?
- While the Spanish mucho looks nearly identical to the English 'much', they are actually strangers to one another. The Spanish word evolved from a Latin term meaning 'crumbled', whereas the English 'much' comes from a completely different linguistic lineage.
Examples in context
- Se siente mucho mejor.He's feeling much better.This sentence shows how to use mucho mejor to describe someone's physical or emotional state.Tatoeba #1686870 by Shishir, translation #1657854 by Spamster
- Me sentía mucho mejor.I felt much better.This sentence uses mucho mejor to describe a past feeling.Tatoeba #10004993 by baudelaire, translation #10009509 by DJ_Saidez
- Sami está mucho mejor.Sami is doing so much better.This sentence uses mucho mejor to describe how someone is doing.Tatoeba #12974779 by Alejandr0, translation #7279565 by OsoHombre
- El nuevo plan es mucho mejorThe new plan is much better
- La nueva estrategia es notablemente mejorThe new strategy is notably better
- La versión nueva del videojuego es mil veces mejorThe new version of the video game is a thousand times better
- El clima en la playa es mucho mejor que en la ciudadThe weather at the beach is much better than in the city
- Estoy considerablemente mejor después de tomar el medicamentoI am considerably better after taking the medicine
- ¡La fiesta fue notablemente mejor de lo que esperábamos!The party was notably better than we expected!
- ¡Me siento mil veces mejor después de una buena noche de sueño!I feel a thousand times better after a good night's sleep!
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Example conversation
Lucía and Daniel are discussing the quality of a newly renovated kitchen.
- Lucía¿Qué te parece la cocina nueva?What do you think of the new kitchen?
- DanielEs mucho mejor que la anterior.It is much better than the previous one.
- LucíaTienes razón, tiene mucha luz.You are right, it has a lot of light.
- DanielSí, el diseño es mucho mejor.Yes, the design is much better.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries mejor, mucho, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
