How to Say ‘Were there a lot of people?’ in Portuguese
Estava muita gente?
esh-TAH-vah MWEEN-tah ZHENT
[esh-TAH-vah MWEEN-tah ZHENT]
💬 Usage Tip: Portuguese uses estava "was" here where English says "were there": estava muita gente is literally "was much people".
Phrase Breakdown
Estava
[esh-TAH-vah]
was there
Past of 'estar'; 'estava muita gente' means there were many people.
Estava muito calor na praia.
It was very hot at the beach.
muita
[MWEEN-tah]
a lot of
Feminine form of 'muito', used with feminine nouns.
Tenho muita fome.
I'm very hungry.
gente
[ZHENT]
people
Grammatically singular noun meaning 'people' in general.
A gente do bairro é simpática.
The people in the neighbourhood are nice.
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