medio

half, incompletely (indicating an action…

1–500 #329

Also a form of

Meanings

adverb

  1. half, incompletely (indicating an action interrupted or only partially done)
  2. half, kind of (particularly used to partially soften negative descriptions)

adjective

  1. half (of or related to one of two equal divisions of a whole)
  2. half (of or related to any large proportion of a whole)
  3. middle (placed more or less halfway between two positions, times, or alternatives)
  4. average (of or related to the arithmatic middle in a set of values)
  5. average (of or related to a representative example of a group)
  6. tasteful, bourgeois (well decorated or executed but not sublime)
  7. mid (of or related to the position of vowel articulation between open and closed)
  8. middle, mediopassive (of or related to grammatical voices neither active nor passive)
  9. Chile, emphatic, intensifier, ironic impressive (extremely large or good)

noun, masculine

  1. half (any fraction with a denominator of 2)
  2. historical medio, half-celemin (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L)
  3. historical medio (the usual container used to measure medios)
  4. Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Venezuela medio, half-real (a former coin)
  5. Dominican Republic, historical medio, half-peso (a former coin)
  6. Ecuador, historical medio, half-sucre (a former coin)
  7. Panama, historical medio, half-balboa (a former coin)
  8. Bolivia, historical medio, half-boliviano (a former coin)
  9. Mexico, historical medio, half-octavo (a former coin equal to ¹⁄₁₆ real)
  10. Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras medio (following decimalization, the notional amount of 6+¹⁄₄ centavos as half of the notional amount of a ¹⁄₈-peseta real and later by extension any 5 centavo coin)
  11. middle (the part of anything located halfway between its ends or extremes in time or along one dimension in space)
  12. midfielder, halfback (a person forming part of the middle or central defensive or offensive line, especially in soccer)
  13. synonym of médium (“medium”) (a person claiming to the ability to communicate with the dead)
  14. cut (the payment demanded to permit or facilitate some action, especially as a bribe)
  15. middle term (the general category that appears in both premises and disappears in the conclusion)
  16. plural normally mean (the second and third terms of a proportion)
  17. center, heart (the innermost part of anything with regard to all dimensions)
  18. in plural, often method, way, means (the actions or things by which some goal is achieved or intended to be achieved, something serving some purpose)
  19. in plural, often synonym of diligencia (“diligence, hard work”) (as the generally effective means to achieve any goal)
  20. in plural, often, plural normally medium (a means of communication, especially mass communication)
  21. medium (the physical space and substance through which some phenomenon occurs)
  22. medium (the physical substances with which art is made)
  23. environment (the circumstances that affect a person or animal's development)
  24. society (the circumstances in which a person or group of people lives)
  25. plural normally circle (a particular segment of society)
  26. habitat (the circumstances in which an animal or group of animals lives)

In sentences

¡Media vuelta! About face! #9769798

Tengo media hora. I've got half an hour. #10742786

Ella lleva medias. She's wearing tights. #2586953

Es la una y media. It's half past one. #8803545

Quítate las medias. Take off your socks. #1296701

Soy de clase media. I'm middle class. #3562772

Quítate de en medio. Get out of the way. #1293744

Son las dos y media. It's half past two. #1391527