c'è molta gente

there are many people

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there are many people Used to say that a place has a large number of people. Although gente is grammatically singular, it refers to people collectively. The tense can change: c'era molta gente means “there were many people.”
IT: C'è molta gente al concerto stasera.
EN: There are many people at the concert tonight.

C'è molta gente?

Are there many people?

Odio quando c'è molta gente.

I hate it when there are a lot of people.

Io odio quando c'è molta gente.

I hate it when there are a lot of people.

Non c'è molta gente.

There aren't many people.

— Parla con lei (2002)

C'è molta gente nella casa.

There are a lot of people in the house.