different between mucro vs mucho

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

mucro (plural mucros or mucrones)

1. (botany, zoology) A pointed end, often sharp, abruptly terminating an organ, such as a projection at the tip of a leaf; the posterior tip of a cuttlebone; or the distal part of the furcula in Collembola.

Anagrams

• Corum, Muroc, mucor

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps individualizing n-stem derivative of a lost adjective *m?kro- "pointed, sharp", from a Proto-Italic *meuk-ro- or mouk-ro-, derivative of a Proto-Indo-European root *h?meuk?- also seen in Greek ?????? "I tear, rip" and ???????? "arrowtips" and perhaps also in Lithuanian mùšti "strike".

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mu?.kro?/, [?mu?k?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mu.kro/, [?mu?k??]

Noun

m?cr? m (genitive m?cr?nis); third declension

1. A sharp point, especially the point of a sword.
2. (figuratively) A sword.
3. A sharp edge.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: mugró
• English: mucro
• Portuguese: mucrão

References

• mucro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mucro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mucro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• mucro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• mucro in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Etymology

From Spanish mucho.

Adjective

mucho (not comparable)

1. (often humorous) Much; a great deal of.

Adverb

mucho (not comparable)

1. (often humorous) very

Anagrams

• hocum, mouch

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mu.x?/

Noun

mucho f

1. vocative singular of mucha

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish mucho, from Latin multus (“much, many”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ml?tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). Compare the Portuguese muito (“much, many, a lot”). Unrelated to English much, which is related to archaic Spanish maño (“big”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mut??o/, [?mu.t??o]

Determiner

mucho m sg (feminine mucha, masculine plural muchos, feminine plural muchas)

1. a lot of; many; much

Derived terms

Adverb

mucho

1. much, a lot
2. long, a long time

Antonyms

• un poco

Related terms

• muy

Pronoun

mucho

1. a lot, many

Derived terms

• nunca mucho cuesta poco

See also

• bastante
• más
• muy

Further reading

• “mucho” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.