Uno más.
One more.
In the training room, these two words ask for one more rep, because it isn't over yet. Más goes after the number.
From El Karate Kid, parte 3 · Spanish audio
Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "more" in Spanish
más
adverbnever changeswritten with an accent
"More" in Spanish is más, with an accent on the a. Uno más means one more, and más grande means bigger. Put an article in front and it turns into "the most": la montaña más alta, the highest mountain.
Hear "más" in real movie scenes
One more rep and a superlative. Each video starts and stops on that line.
Janice Bouncey, la más linda de Oakland.
Janice Bouncey, the prettiest girl in Oakland.
Article, then más, then the adjective, and de marks the group: nobody in the whole city is prettier.
From S.W.A.T. · Spanish audio
Más in phrases you'll use
Six short phrases with más.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| uno más / una más | one more |
| una vez más | one more time |
| más o menos | more or less, so-so |
| ¿Algo más? | Anything else? |
| nada más | nothing else, that's all |
| cada vez más | more and more |
Tip: At a shop or café counter, ¿Algo más? means anything else. Answer Nada más, gracias.
Grammar: más, more than, the most
Four patterns you'll use every day.
Write the accent
más means more. Without the accent, mas is an old, literary word for but.More than
Compare with más ... que: El tren es más rápido que el autobús. Before a number, use de: más de diez.The most
Article, noun, más, adjective: la montaña más alta de América. Spanish uses de where English says in.More of something
Put más straight before the noun: más café, más tiempo. Nothing goes in between.Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
Allí está la montaña más alta.
There's the highest mountain.
Es la plaza más bonita del oeste.
It's the prettiest square in the west.
¿Tienes más?
Do you have any more?
Es el comentario más bonito.
It's the nicest comment.
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗mas café
✓más café
Leave off the accent and you've written an old word for but.
✗más bueno que (meaning better than)
✓mejor que
Better has its own word in Spanish: mejor. Worse is peor.
✗más que diez personas
✓más de diez personas
Before a number, Spanish uses de instead of que.
Real conversation: the view from the top
A short dialog at a lookout point. Tap to listen.
You're at a lookout with a friend, and there are mountains in the distance.
Mira, allí hay muchas montañas.
Look, there are lots of mountains over there.
¿Es la más alta de América?
Is that the highest one in the Americas?
No, la más alta está en el oeste.
No, the highest one is in the west.
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How to remember it
Más sounds like the start of mass. Pile on más of anything and you add mass.
Questions about "more" in Spanish
How do you say more in Spanish?
Más, with an accent on the a: más café, uno más.
How do you say "more than" in Spanish?
Más que before a word: más alto que yo. Before a number, más de: más de diez.
How do you say "the most" in Spanish?
Use the article plus más: la más alta, el desierto más grande de América.
How do you say "one more time" in Spanish?
Una vez más, or otra vez.
