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multitud

crowd

noun mool-tee-TOOD Less Common
People & Society Community

Origin: From Latin multitudo (great number).

Also means

multitude

Usage Note

Multitud is a feminine noun ending in -d, so its article is la multitud (not el). It refers to a large crowd of people or a great quantity of things: una multitud de problemas (a multitude of problems). A common alternative in everyday speech is muchedumbre.

Examples

"Una multitud esperaba en la plaza."

Natural Translation

A crowd was waiting in the square.

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