Tengo mucha hambre.
English: I am very hungry.
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- A2
- Unit
- Comparación y cuantificación
- Practice types
- 0
What this grammar point covers
In Spanish, 'expresiones de cantidad' are words or phrases used to talk about how much or how many of something there is. They help you describe quantity.
When to use it
Use these expressions in Spanish to say if there is a lot, a little, too much, or enough of something. You can use them with nouns (things or people) or with verbs (actions).
Key forms
- mucho/mucha/muchos/muchas
- poco/poca/pocos/pocas
- bastante/bastantes
- demasiado/demasiada/demasiados/demasiadas
- un poco de
- mucho (with verbs)
Examples
Hay pocos estudiantes en la clase.
English: There are few students in the class.
Comemos bastante fruta.
English: We eat quite a lot of fruit.
Bebo un poco de agua.
English: I drink a little water.
Trabajo mucho.
English: I work a lot.
Tips
- Remember to match the ending (o/a/os/as) with the gender and number of the noun: 'mucho pan', 'mucha agua', 'muchos amigos', 'muchas casas'.
- 'Mucho', 'poco', 'demasiado', and 'bastante' can go before nouns or after verbs, but the form changes with nouns.
- Use 'de' after 'un poco', but not after 'mucho' or 'poco' when they are with nouns.
Exceptions and edge cases
- When using 'mucho', 'poco', 'demasiado', or 'bastante' with verbs, always use the masculine singular form (mucho, poco, demasiado, bastante), not the plural or feminine.