Far too much

[irmamar]

¿más allá de?

Thanks.

[poli]

Originally Posted by irmamar

¿más allá de?

Thanks.

It means demasiado. Can you say muy demasiado? If not then say:
En gran exceso.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by poli

It means demasiado. Can you say muy demasiado? If not then say:
En gran exceso.

No, I can't say "muy demasiado". Is "far" here used to give emphasis to "too much"?

Thanks, Poli.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

No, I can't say "muy demasiado". Is "far" here used to give emphasis to "too much"?

Thanks, Poli.

Yes. Example:

A: Would you like some more food?
B: Yes please, just a little
A: (puts a pile of food on the plate)
B: Oh no! that's far too much.

i.e. much more than enough

[irmamar]

The sentence is:

But it would have represented far too much of a gamble on the part of...

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

The sentence is:

But it would have represented far too much of a gamble on the part of...

It means it would be would have been extremely risky, .i.e very unlikely to succeed.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by Perikles

It means it would be would have been extremely risky, .i.e very unlikely to succeed.

Un riesgo muy grande, entonces, ¿no?

Creo que he metido la pata

Thanks.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Un riesgo muy grande, entonces, ¿no?

Así es.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Así es.

Thanks.

[poli]

o un esfuerzo demasiado arriesgado.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by irmamar

The sentence is:

But it would have represented far too much of a gamble on the part of...

Pero habría representado demasiado riesgo por parte de/por el lado de...

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Es curioso cómo "demasiado" en inglés no es suficientemente "demasiado". En español, demasiado es insuperable.

A bit too much = demasiado.

Far too much = demasiado.

(Lástima que no se puede decir "poquito demasiado" ni "demasiadísimo", pero suenan bonito)

[pjt33]

Y ningún de mis amigos me ha corregido nunca cuando he dicho "un poco demasiado".

[chileno]

Originally Posted by pjt33

Y ningún de mis amigos me ha corregido nunca cuando he dicho "un poco demasiado".

Porque se ha vuelto coloquial, se usa/ba mucho en mi tiempo cuando estaba todavía en Chile.

Es una manera de decir graciosamente que algo realmente es demasiado, coloquialmente.

I guess if you really think about it, now in English " a bit too much" is weird too. ;-)

[pjt33]

No me parece así. Equivale, más o menos, a "sobra un poco".

[Perikles]

I find this rather odd. Suppose you were selling something worth, say, 100 euros, and everyone knows this. You tell the first buyer you want 101 euros. He says "That's a bit too much" You tell another you want 110 euros, he says "That's too much". You tell another you want 5000 euros, and he says "That's far too much". The differences are not too subtle.

And demasiado on it's own deals with all three cases?

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by Perikles

I find this rather odd. Suppose you were selling something worth, say, 100 euros, and everyone knows this. You tell the first buyer you want 101 euros. He says "That's a bit too much" You tell another you want 110 euros, he says "That's too much". You tell another you want 5000 euros, and he says "That's far too much". The differences are not too subtle.

And demasiado on it's own deals with all three cases?

No sé si es correcto "un poco demasiado" , pero se usa, y mucho. Tal vez sería más correcto "es un poco excesivo" (your first sentence) y "es excesivo" (your third one). "Demasiado" deals with the second one. Though here I'd say "muy caro" or "demasiado caro".

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

No sé si es correcto "un poco demasiado" , pero se usa, y mucho. Tal vez sería más correcto "es un poco excesivo" (your first sentence) y "es excesivo" (your third one). "Demasiado" deals with the second one. Though here I'd say "muy caro" or "demasiado caro".

Thanks - I need to know these things.

It is strange that Spanish uses a word of 5 syllables for too, and it clearly is not used as often.

By the way, another way of expressing 'far too much' in my examples above would be 'Are you insane???'

[chileno]

Originally Posted by pjt33

No me parece así. Equivale, más o menos, a "sobra un poco".

Tienes razón.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Thanks - I need to know these things.

It is strange that Spanish uses a word of 5 syllables for too, and it clearly is not used as often.

By the way, another way of expressing 'far too much' in my examples above would be 'Are you insane???'

Why do you say that "demasiado" is not often used?

"Demasiado" comes from "demasía", and "demasía" from "demás" (that is what RAE says, though I think it comes from "de más", which has another meaning. Anyway, if it came from "demás", that could give shape to a theory that I'm thinking about, though I'm inventing it now ).

"Magis" (Latin) > maiis > maes > mas (diacrítico: más).

Then, the suffix "-ado" is added and remain the -i- from "demasía". Suffix "-ado" means (in some cases) property or that something is similar to another thing

In Spanish you can say: ¿Te has vuelto loco?