a lot / much (adverb, after a verb)
Modifying a verb, mult never changes shape, whoever the subject is.
Muncesc mult.
I work a lot.
Nu costă mult.
It doesn't cost much.
#47 · Adverb
mult
In Romanian, mult means “a lot / much (adverb, after a verb)”. It’s the #47 most frequently used Romanian word. Below you’ll find how to use it, its forms, real example sentences, and common word pairings.
Meaning & Use
The Romanian "a lot / much" — rank #47. It leads a double life: as an adverb after a verb it is fixed and invariable (muncesc mult), and as a quantifier before a noun it agrees like an adjective (mult timp, multă apă, mulți oameni, multe cărți). Its comparative is irregular: mai mult, and "the most" is cel mai mult.
neutralmuch / many (quantifier before a noun)
Here it agrees with the noun: mult (m./n. sg.), multă (f. sg.), mulți (m. pl.), multe (f./n. pl.).
mult timp
a long time
multe întrebări
many questions
more (mai mult)
The comparative is formed with mai, and it is the ordinary word for "more" in every register.
Vreau mai mult.
I want more.
mai mulți oameni
more people
long (of time)
With time expressions, mult translates as "long": de mult, mult timp, cel mult.
Nu te-am văzut de mult.
I haven't seen you in a long time.
Durează mult?
Does it take long?
Forms you’ll actually hear
Ranked by how often each form shows up in spoken Romanian. The top form cover about 100% of everyday use — learn these first.
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Patterns
As an adverb, mult follows the verb and never inflects. As a quantifier it precedes the noun and takes four forms — mult / multă / mulți / multe. Comparative mai mult, superlative cel mai mult (with the cel agreeing when a noun is involved: cei mai mulți oameni).
verb + mult = does something a lot
Invariable adverbial use. Position is after the verb, before any object of measure.
Citesc mult seara.
I read a lot in the evening.
mult / multă / mulți / multe + noun
Agreement by gender and number, exactly like an adjective standing before its noun.
mult zahăr, multă sare, mulți prieteni, multe zile
a lot of sugar, a lot of salt, many friends, many days
mai mult / cel mai mult = more / most
Romanian builds comparison analytically with mai and cel mai — mult has no separate irregular stem.
Muncește mai mult decât mine.
He works more than I do.
de mult / cel mult / mult prea
Three set phrases worth learning whole: "for a long time", "at most", and "far too".
Cel mult o oră, dar e mult prea scump.
An hour at most, but it is far too expensive.
Examples
Îmi place mult.
I like it a lot.
mult - Adverbial, so no agreement — it stays mult even when what is liked is feminine or plural.
Am multă treabă azi.
I have a lot of work today.
multă - Before a feminine singular noun the quantifier agrees: multă treabă, not *mult treabă.
Sunt mulți studenți aici.
There are many students here.
mulți - Masculine plural mulți. The feminine plural would be multe: multe studente.
Mulțumesc mult!
Thanks a lot!
mult - The everyday intensifier for thanks. Mulțumesc frumos is the equally common alternative.
Cel mai mult îmi place cafeaua.
What I like most is coffee.
cel mai mult - Superlative of the adverb: cel mai + mult. Fronting it puts the emphasis on "most of all".
The whole difficulty is one question: is it modifying a verb or a noun? After a verb it is frozen (Ea muncește mult). Before a noun it agrees (Ea are multe idei). Learners who apply agreement to the adverbial use produce *muncește multă, which is wrong.
In expressions
Common phrases built around mult — worth learning as whole units.
de mult— for a long time; long ago
lit. “of much”