Uso de la palabra "Media"

Question

"Cuando se les pide que dupliquen un grupo de objetos, duplican el número correcto de objetos en media, pero casi nunca aciertan el número exacto a la primera."

En que sentido se usa las palabras "en media" y "a la primera."

Fuente: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idioma_pirahã#Excepcionalidad_del_pirah.C3.A3)

Answer 1

So, would the translation of "duplican el número correcto de objetos en media" be "on average (normally, in general) they duplicate correctly" or would it have a meaning more like "they roughly duplicate the correct number"?

normally,in general - SpanishSkypeorg, May 16, 2014

Answer 2

media= average a la primera: the first time, the first attempt.

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So, would the translation of "duplican el número correcto de objetos en media" be "on average (normally, in general) they duplicate correctly" or would it have a meaning more like "they roughly duplicate the correct number"? - SifrWahid, May 16, 2014