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Difference between mediado/a and a mediados de

Difference between mediado/a and a mediados de

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Can you please explain the construction

mediada la película -> halfway through the film a mediados de abril/de año -> in the middle of o halfway through April/the year

Thank you!

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updated Jan 18, 2010
posted by chris-keen

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A mediados is only used to refer to time, while mediado can refer to the midpoint of anything: a period of time, a distance, the capacity of a room, etc.

DRAE

updated Jan 18, 2010
edited by lorenzo9
posted by lorenzo9