Tengo mucha hambre.
English: I am very hungry.
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- B1
- Unit
- Adverbios
- Practice types
- 0
What this grammar point covers
Adverbios de cantidad are Spanish words that describe how much or how little of something there is. They help to express quantity or degree.
When to use it
Use adverbios de cantidad in Spanish to talk about the amount of something (for example, food, time, or objects), or to describe how much an action is done.
Key forms
- mucho, mucha, muchos, muchas
- poco, poca, pocos, pocas
- bastante
- demasiado, demasiada, demasiados, demasiadas
- más, menos
Examples
Hay pocos estudiantes en la clase.
English: There are few students in the class.
Estudio bastante para los exámenes.
English: I study quite a lot for exams.
Comes demasiado rápido.
English: You eat too fast.
Quiero más café, por favor.
English: I want more coffee, please.
Tips
- Remember that some adverbios de cantidad change form to agree in gender and number with nouns (mucho/mucha/muchos/muchas; poco/poca/pocos/pocas; demasiado/demasiada/demasiados/demasiadas).
- When used with verbs, these adverbs usually do not change form: 'Estudio mucho.'
- Do not confuse 'muy' (very) with 'mucho' (a lot); 'muy' is used with adjectives and adverbs, not with nouns.
Exceptions and edge cases
- When 'mucho', 'poco', 'demasiado', 'bastante' are used with verbs, they stay in the masculine singular form.