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See also: Muto, mutó, mutò, and műtő

Aragonese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Navarro-Aragonese muito, from Latin multus (“much; many”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). Compare Portuguese muito, Italian molto, Catalan molt, and Spanish mucho.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmuto/
  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Syllabification: mu‧to

Determiner

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muto

  2. much; many; a lot of; lots of
    Tiengo mutas cosas pa fer
    I have many things to do.
    Ha pleviu muta augua.
    It rained a lot.
  4. too much; too many (an excessive amount of)
    Synonyms: masa, masiau, demasiau
    No m'agrada estar aquí. i hai muta chent.
    I don’t like it here. There are too many people.

Pronoun

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muto

  1. much; many; a lot; lots
    Bella ye buena, mutas no en son.
    Some are good, many aren't.
  2. too much; too many
    Si deixasem mutas ubiertas, podríam tener problemas.
    If too many are left open, we could have some problems.

Adverb

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muto

  2. very; a lot; very much (to a great extent or degree)
    Synonyms: arrienda, buena cosa, buen tallo, a-saber-lo
    Me fas muto goyo.
    I like you very much.

Further reading

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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muto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mutar

Duala

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Noun

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muto

  1. woman

Galician

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Verb

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muto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mutar

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmu.to/
  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Hyphenation: mù‧to

Etymology 1

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    From Latin mūtus.

    Adjective

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    muto (feminine muta, masculine plural muti, feminine plural mute)

    1. mute, voiceless
      1. speechless
      2. silent
    2. (linguistics, of a letter) unpronounced
    3. (phonetics, of a consonant) classified as an obstruent (speech sound requiring tight restriction of airflow)

    Interjection

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    muto

    1. (possibly regional) shut up!
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    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    muto

    1. first-person singular present indicative of mutare

    Latin

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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      From Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange”).[1][2]

      Verb

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      mūtō (present infinitive mūtāre, perfect active mūtāvī, supine mūtātum); first conjugation

      1. to move, remove
        Synonym: moveo
        in melius mutare ― to change to a better condition, improve
      2. (transitive) to alter, change, modify, transform
        Synonyms: alterō, trānsferō, commūtō, versō, vertō, cōnferō
        mutatis mutandis ― the necessary changes having been made
        • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior De Senectute 4.10:
          Ego Q. Maximum, eum quī Tarentum recēpit, senem adulēscēns ita dīlēxī, ut aequālem; erat enim in illō virō comitātē condita gravitās, nec senectūs mōrēs mūtāverat.
          When I was a young man, I loved Quintus Maximus — the man who recaptured Tarentum — as if he were my peer, even though he was then an old man. For in that man, there was a dignity seasoned with courtesy, and old age had not altered his character.
          (Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, surnamed Cunctator.)
      3. to vary, diversify
      4. to mutate, spoil
      5. to exchange, barter, sell
        Synonyms: commūtō, reparō
      6. to forsake, abandon, leave
        Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, dēcēdō, dēstituō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, concēdō, cēdō, dissimulō, trādō, trānsmittō, addīcō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, remittō, permittō, tribuō, dēferō, trānsferō
      Conjugation
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         Conjugation of mūtō (first conjugation)
      indicative singular plural
      first second third first second third
      active present mūtō mūtās mūtat mūtāmus mūtātis mūtant
      imperfect mūtābam mūtābās mūtābat mūtābāmus mūtābātis mūtābant
      future mūtābō mūtābis mūtābit mūtābimus mūtābitis mūtābunt
      perfect mūtāvī mūtāvistī,
      mūtāstī2       		mūtāvit,
      mūtāt2       		mūtāvimus,
      mūtāmus2       		mūtāvistis,
      mūtāstis2       		mūtāvērunt,
      mūtārunt,
      mūtāvēre2
      pluperfect mūtāveram,
      mūtāram2       		mūtāverās,
      mūtārās2       		mūtāverat,
      mūtārat2       		mūtāverāmus,
      mūtārāmus2       		mūtāverātis,
      mūtārātis2       		mūtāverant,
      mūtārant2
      future perfect mūtāverō,
      mūtārō2       		mūtāveris,
      mūtāris2       		mūtāverit,
      mūtārit2       		mūtāverimus,
      mūtārimus2       		mūtāveritis,
      mūtāritis2       		mūtāverint,
      mūtārint2
      passive present mūtor mūtāris,
      mūtāre       		mūtātur mūtāmur mūtāminī mūtantur
      imperfect mūtābar mūtābāris,
      mūtābāre       		mūtābātur mūtābāmur mūtābāminī mūtābantur
      future mūtābor mūtāberis,
      mūtābere       		mūtābitur mūtābimur mūtābiminī mūtābuntur
      perfect mūtātus + present active indicative of sum
      pluperfect mūtātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
      future perfect mūtātus + future active indicative of sum
      subjunctive singular plural
      first second third first second third
      active present mūtem mūtēs mūtet mūtēmus mūtētis mūtent
      imperfect mūtārem mūtārēs mūtāret mūtārēmus mūtārētis mūtārent
      perfect mūtāverim,
      mūtārim2       		mūtāverīs,
      mūtārīs2       		mūtāverit,
      mūtārit2       		mūtāverīmus,
      mūtārīmus2       		mūtāverītis,
      mūtārītis2       		mūtāverint,
      mūtārint2
      pluperfect mūtāvissem,
      mūtāssem2       		mūtāvissēs,
      mūtāssēs2       		mūtāvisset,
      mūtāsset2       		mūtāvissēmus,
      mūtāssēmus2       		mūtāvissētis,
      mūtāssētis2       		mūtāvissent,
      mūtāssent2
      passive present mūter mūtēris,
      mūtēre       		mūtētur mūtēmur mūtēminī mūtentur
      imperfect mūtārer mūtārēris,
      mūtārēre       		mūtārētur mūtārēmur mūtārēminī mūtārentur
      perfect mūtātus + present active subjunctive of sum
      pluperfect mūtātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
      imperative singular plural
      first second third first second third
      active present — mūtā — — mūtāte —
      future — mūtātō mūtātō — mūtātōte mūtantō
      passive present — mūtāre — — mūtāminī —
      future — mūtātor mūtātor — — mūtantor
      non-finite forms infinitive participle
      active passive active passive
      present mūtāre mūtārī,
      mūtārier1       		mūtāns —
      future mūtātūrum esse mūtātum īrī mūtātūrus mūtandus
      perfect mūtāvisse,
      mūtāsse2       		mūtātum esse — mūtātus
      future perfect — mūtātum fore — —
      perfect potential mūtātūrum fuisse — — —
      verbal nouns gerund supine
      genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
      mūtandī mūtandō mūtandum mūtandō mūtātum mūtātū

      1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
      2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

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      Borrowings:

      Etymology 2

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        Compare Old Irish moth (“male organ”).[3] Weiss 1996 proposes a derivation from a Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“to be abundant, reproductively powerful”), with Ancient Greek μῡρῐ́ος (mūrĭ́os) as a cognate.[4]

        Alternative forms

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        Noun

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        mūtō m (genitive mūtōnis); third declension

        1. (vulgar slang, anatomy) penis
          • c. 35 BCE, Horatius, Sermones 1.2.68:
            Huic si mūtōnis verbīs mala tanta videntī
            dīceret haec animus ‘quid vīs tibi? numquid ego ā tē
            magnō prognātum dēpōscō cōnsule cunnum
            vēlātumque stolā, mea cum conferbuit īra?'
            What if, in the words of his penis, his mind were to say to the man when he sees such troubles: 'What exactly do you want? Do I ever demand a cunt descended from a famous consul or veiled in a fancy gown when my passion grows hot?'
        Declension
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        Third-declension noun.

        singular plural
        nominative mūtō mūtōnēs
        genitive mūtōnis mūtōnum
        dative mūtōnī mūtōnibus
        accusative mūtōnem mūtōnēs
        ablative mūtōne mūtōnibus
        vocative mūtō mūtōnēs
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        References

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        1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 715
        2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “mutate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
        3. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “mūtō / muttō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 398
        4. ^ Weiss, Michael (1996), “Greek μυρίος 'countless', Hittite mūri- 'bunch (of fruit)'”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics‎[1], volume 109, number 2, page 208

        Further reading

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        • “muto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
        • “muto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
        • "muto", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
        • muto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
        • “muto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
        • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
          • to keep one's countenance, remain impassive: vultum non mutare
          • to alter one's views, intentions: consilium, sententiam mutare
          • to go into mourning: vestem mutare (opp. ad vestitum suum redire) (Planc. 12. 29)
          • to change one's clothes (and shoes): vestimenta (et calceos) mutare
          • to naturalise oneself as a citizen of another country: civitatem mutare (Balb. 11. 27)
          • to leave one's country (only used of exiles): solum vertere, mutare (Caecin. 34. 100)
          • to change one's tactics: rationem belli gerendi mutare (Liv. 32. 31)
        • “muto”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

        Macanese

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        Etymology

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        From Portuguese muito.

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        Adverb

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        muto

        1. very; a lot; very much
          Synonyms: ui-di, tanto
          muto tánto ― very much, a great many
          iou muto susto ― I am very scared
          Iou muto querê pa vôs ― I love you very much

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        Verb

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        muto

        1. first-person singular present indicative of mutar

        Spanish

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        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /ˈmuto/ [ˈmu.t̪o]
        • Rhymes: -uto
        • Syllabification: mu‧to

        Verb

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        muto

        1. first-person singular present indicative of mutar
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