halfway

halfway
[hɑːfˈweɪ]
adjetivo
1intermedio(a) (point, stage)
  • halfway house -> centro (m) de reinserción; (for former prisoners, addicts) término (m) medio (sentido figurado) (compromise)
  • halfway line -> línea (f) divisoria or de medio campo (on soccer pitch)
adverbio
2a mitad de camino
  • to meet somebody halfway (sentido figurado) -> llegar a una solución de compromiso con alguien (compromise)

halfway [ˈhɑːfˈweɪ]
adverb
1 a medio camino
Reading is halfway between Oxford and London Reading está a medio camino entre Oxford y Londres; we're halfway there estamos a mitad de camino a medio camino;or halfway up/down the hill a media cuesta; her hair reaches halfway down her back el pelo le llega hasta la mitad de la espalda; they've travelled halfway around the world han recorrido medio mundo; halfway through the film hacia la mitad de la película; a (la) mitad de la película; the decision only goes halfway toward giving the strikers what they want la decisión solo satisface a medias las demandas de los huelguistas
to meet sb halfway llegar a un compromiso con algn
2 (informal) (at all, the least bit)
anything halfway decent will be incredibly expensive cualquier cosa mínimamente decente va a ser carísima
adjective
[+mark] a de medio camino;or [+stage] intermedio; (incomplete) a medias;
modifier
halfway house (n) (for rehabilitation) centro de reinserción; (m) punto medio; (m) término medio; (m)
it's a halfway house between dance and drama está a medio camino entre la danza y el teatro
what they are offering is a halfway house to total independence
Michael Milken has been released from prison to a halfway house in Los Angeles after serving 22 months of his sentence

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