wiele

wiele

num.

Ins. -oma l. -u

1. count many, a great many, a (great) number of (sb l. sth); noncount much, a great amount of, a great l. good deal of (sth); pot. (bez względu na policzalność) a lot, lots (kogoś/czegoś of sb/sth); wielu studentów many students; a (great) number of students; a lot of students; lots of students; od wielu lat for many years; z wieloma przyjaciółmi with many friends; rodzina, jakich wiele family like many others; jeden z wielu one of (a great) many; pod wieloma względami in many respects; in a number of respects; wiele czasu much time; a lot of time; lots of time; wiele pieniędzy a great amount of money; a good deal of money; a lot of money; lots of money; zrobić wiele dobrego do much good, do a lot of good; wiele hałasu o nic much ado about nothing; żeby to zrobić, trzeba wiele odwagi it takes a lot of courage to do it.

2. przest. (= ile) count how many; noncount how much; wiele to kosztuje? how much is it?; wiele masz lat? how old are you?

adv.

więcej much, a lot, a good l. great deal; wiele czytam/piszę I read/write a lot; o wiele lepszy much better; far better; a lot better; a good deal better; o wiele więcej much more; o wiele za dużo noncount much too much; count much too many; obsługa pozostawia wiele do życzenia the service leaves much to be wished; to wiele dla mnie znaczy it means a lot to me; tego już za wiele that's too much.