media

=

half

adjective

media
feminine noun
1. (prenda)
  • medias -> tights(hasta la cintura) (British), pantyhose; (United States) stockings; (hasta medio muslo) socks (calcetines) (Am)
  • chupar las medias a alguien (informal) -> to lick somebody's boots (CSur)
  • medias veladas -> tights (Colombian Spanish), pantyhose (United States)
2. average (Mat) (promedio)
  • media aritmética/proporcional -> arithmetic/proportional mean
  • media horaria -> hourly average
3. (hora)
  • al dar la media -> on the half-hour

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media [may’-de-ah]
noun
1. Stocking, hose. (f)
  • Medias lisas -> plain hose
  • Medias rayadas -> ribbed hose
  • Medias-medias -> socks, half-hose
2. Measure of about half a hundredweight. (f)
adjective
1. Half, in part (mitad).
2. Mid, midway, middle (punto).
3. Mean, average.
4. Big, huge (grande). (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
  • Media noche -> midnight, twelve at night
  • Medio día -> midday, noon
  • Medio hermano -> half-brother or half-blood
  • Medio borracho -> halfseas over
  • Media naranja -> V
  • A medias -> by halves
  • Ir a medias -> to go halves with one
  • A media mañana -> mid-morning
  • A media voz -> in a low voice
  • Clase media -> middle class
  • Oriente Medio -> Middle East
  • Término medio -> average
  • Media botella de vino -> half a bottle of wine
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Q: trying to surround myself with Spanish media..
A: It never stopped me.
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