muy

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/mʊi//mui//mɔɪ//mwiː/

adverb

Very.

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

adverbmuy (not comparable)
  1. USinformalnot comparableVery.

    In her rosy two-piece traveling outfit, Adela looks muy cute as she walks toward us.

    1999, Terri de la Peña, Faults, Alyson Books, published 1999, →ISBN, page 163
    2 more examples

    Spacehog are a perfectly nice band, with pleasantly strummed guitars, a crisp pop sensibility, and muy cute vocals on this side of awkward, but after Blur, Ride, Lush, Oasis, Stone Roses, Elastica, and what have you, Resident Alien is just the proverbial straw on this overworked and overbroke camel's back.

    1995 November 30, Drema Crist, Janette Park, Marc Sorace, “Last-Second Sound Bites”, in The Chronicle, Duke University

    But such is the case with Enrique Iglesias, the muy handsome son of Julio, who is known to his fans these days simply as Enrique.

    2007 June 9, John Lannert, “Crossover King”, in Billboard

Origin

  1. Spanishmuy
  2. Englishmuy

Borrowed from Spanish muy.

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APA

muy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muy

MLA

“muy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muy.

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