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muchedumbre

crowd

noun moo-cheh-DOOM-breh Rare
People & Society Community

Origin: From Latin multitudo via Vulgar Latin, blended with the augmentative force of -dumbre.

Also means

multitude

Usage Note

Muchedumbre refers to a large, often unruly crowd of people and is more literary or formal than multitud or gentío. It is feminine despite ending in -e. The suffix -dumbre (also in pesadumbre, mansedumbre) forms abstract or collective nouns and is a useful morphological pattern. In journalism it often appears alongside verbs like congregarse (to gather) or dispersar (to disperse).

Examples

"Una muchedumbre se agolpó en la plaza."

Natural Translation

A crowd pressed together in the square.

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