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medida
feminine noun
1. measurement (dimensión, medición)
- ¿qué medidas tiene el contenedor? -> what are the measurements of the container?
- a (la) medida -> custom-built; (mueble) made-to-measure (ropa)
- medidas -> measurements (del cuerpo)
- tomar las medidas a alguien -> to take somebody's measurements
- medida de capacidad -> measure (liquid or dry)
2. measure, step (disposición)
- adoptar o tomar medidas -> to take measures o steps
- medida preventiva -> preventive measure
- medidas de seguridad -> safety measures
3. moderation (moderación)
- sin medida -> without moderation
4. extent, degree (grado)
- ¿en qué medida nos afecta? -> to what extent does it affect us?
- en cierta/gran medida -> to some/a large extent
- en mayor/menor medida -> to a greater/lesser extent
- en la medida de lo posible -> as far as possible
a medida que
conjunctive phrase1. as
- a medida que entraban -> as they were coming in
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medida [may-dee’-dah]
noun
1. Measure, that by which something is measured; standard, gauge (sistema, recipiente). (f)
2. Measuring (acto), measurement. (f)
3. Height, length, breadth, or quantity measured. (f)
4. Proportion, relation, correspondence. (f)
5. Root, a number which, repeated various times, exactly produces another. (Arithmetic) (f)
6. Measure, syllables metrically numbered. (f)
7. Measure, means to an end. (f)
8. Measure, moderation (moderación), prudence. (f)
9. Girdle on the statues of saints bearing their name. (f)
10. Size, fitting (camisa, zapato). (f)
- A medid -> or a sabor de su paladar, to his health’s content
- A medida que -> according as, in proportion; at the same time that, whilst
- En gran medida -> to a great extent
- Tomar las medidas a uno -> to measure somebody
- Medida para líquidos -> liquid measure
- Medida preventiva -> preventive measure
- Tomar medidas -> to take steps
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