The adverbios de cantidad o grado (adverbs of quantity or degree) are those that indicate how much or to what degree an action is carried out. In order to identify this type of adverbs in a sentence, we need to ask the verb the question “how much?” as in “how much/to what degree is the action happening?”
2. Mucho/Demasiado (a lot, too much), poco (little, few, not much) - mucho/demasiado express an idea of excess or abundance while poco expresses an idea of lack or dearth; scarcely.
3. Muy (very), bastante (very, a lot or enough) - muy intensifies the meaning of adjectives, other adverbs or adjective or adverbial clauses; bastante can either function as a synonym of mucho or express an idea of no more or less than the regular.
Adverbios de cantidad
1. Más (more), menos (less) - más expresses an idea of superiority, increase or magnification while menos expresses an idea of inferiority or decrease.| No digas más. Lo haremos a tu manera. Say no more. We'll do it your way. Estos pantalones cuestan menos en la otra tienda. These pants cost less at the other store. |
2. Mucho/Demasiado (a lot, too much), poco (little, few, not much) - mucho/demasiado express an idea of excess or abundance while poco expresses an idea of lack or dearth; scarcely.
| He comido mucho/demasiado y ahora me duele la barriga. I ate a lot/too much and now my tummy hurts. Él habla poco pero dice cosas interesantes. He doesn't say much but says interesting things. |
3. Muy (very), bastante (very, a lot or enough) - muy intensifies the meaning of adjectives, other adverbs or adjective or adverbial clauses; bastante can either function as a synonym of mucho or express an idea of no more or less than the regular.