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Cuatrocientos euros es mucho dinero.

Cuatrocientos euros es mucho dinero.
Four hundred euros is a lot of money.
From Lesson 43:Hundreds and thousands (doscientos, mil)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Cuatrocientos euros es mucho dinero.

Why is the verb es singular when cuatrocientos euros is plural?
Just like in English, when you are talking about a total amount of money, distance, or time, Spanish treats it as a single unit or idea. Because of this, we use the singular verb es (is) instead of the plural son (are).
Would cuatrocientos ever change its ending to be feminine?
Yes! Unlike the numbers 1 through 99, the hundreds from 200 to 999 change their ending to match the gender of the noun they count. Because euros is a masculine noun, it is cuatrocientos. If you were counting feminine things, like pounds (libras), it would be cuatrocientas libras.
Why do we use mucho here instead of muy?
Mucho means a lot or much and is used to describe nouns, which are people, places, or things like dinero. Muy means very and is only used before adjectives or adverbs, like muy bien (very well). Since dinero is a noun, you must use mucho.
Do I need to add extra words to mucho to make it mean a lot of?
No. In Spanish, the single word mucho covers the whole phrase a lot of or much. You do not need to add Spanish words for a or of before the noun. Mucho simply changes to match the gender and number of the noun it belongs to, which is why it is masculine singular to match dinero.

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