medio
Meanings
Adjective
1. half (of or related to one of two equal divisions of a whole)
2. half (of or related to any large proportion of a whole) (inexact)
3. middle (placed more or less halfway between two positions, times, or alternatives)
4. average (of or related to the arithmatic middle in a set of values)
5. average (of or related to a representative example of a group)
6. tasteful, bourgeois (well decorated or executed but not sublime) (art)
7. mid (of or related to the position of vowel articulation between open and closed) (linguistics)
8. middle, mediopassive (of or related to grammatical voices neither active nor passive) (grammar)
9. impressive (extremely large or good) (Chile, slang, ironic, intensifier)
Examples83
Medio Nueva York fue a los toros.
Half of New York went to the bullfight.
velocidad media
average speed
el español medio
the average Spaniard... your typical Spaniard...
¡Media bolsa!
Such a huge bag! What an awesome bag! Whatta bag!
media manzana
half an apple
El hombre medio es más grande que yo.
The average man is bigger than I.