many
/ˈmen.i/Translation
adj, pron
› [comp more, superl most]
⇨ mucho,cha
There weren't many people at the concert No había mucha gente en el concierto
›
⇨ muchos,chas
«Were there many tourists in the town?» «No, there weren't many» «¿Había muchos turistas en la ciudad?» «No, no muchos»
as many as
⇨ tantos como
how many...?
⇨ ¿cuántos...?
How many children have you got? ¿Cuántos hijos tienes?
many a sth (form)
⇨ mucho,cha
■ Se usa con nombres contables. Comparar con much ■ Normalmente se usa en oraciones interrogativas o negativas. En oraciones afirmativas se usa a lot of(Definition of many adj, pron from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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