mediar

mediar
intransitive verb
1. to be halfway through (llegar a la mitad)
  • mediaba julio -> it was mid-July
2. (haber en medio)
  • mediar entre -> to be between
  • media un jardín/un kilómetro entre las dos casas -> there is a garden/one kilometer between the two houses
  • medió una semana -> a week passed by
3. to mediate (intervenir)(en/entre in/between); to intercede (en favor de o por on behalf of o for) (interceder)
4. to intervene, to happen (ocurrir)
  • media la circunstancia de que… (interceder) -> it so happens that…

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mediar [may-de-ar’]
verb neuter
1. To come to the middle of a thing, to be at the middle (estar en medio). (n)
2. To intercede for another, to mediate (interceder). (n)
3. To intervene (intervenir). (n)
4. To come up (suceder). (n)
  • Media un abismo entre los dos gobiernos -> there is a wide gap between the two governments
  • Median relaciones cordiales entre los dos -> cordial relations exist between the two

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Verb Conjugation for "mediar"

Infinitive
mediar
Gerund
mediando
Participle
mediado
Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo medio medié mediaba mediaré medie
Tú medias mediaste mediabas mediarás medies
Ella/Él/Usted media medió mediaba mediará medie
Nosotros mediamos mediamos mediábamos mediaremos mediemos
Vosotros mediáis mediasteis mediabais mediaréis mediéis
Ellos/Ustedes median mediaron mediaban mediarán medien
Complete mediar conjugation

"mediar" in the Answers forum
Q: mediar cambio rotundo
A: mediar un cambio rotundo: to invoke/make/ make happen a complete change
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