medio

/ˈmedjo/, [ˈme.ð̞jo]

half, middle


Examples
  • Había una manzana a medio comer cerca del fregadero.

    There was a half-eaten apple near the kitchen sink.

  • Estamos a medio camino.

    We're halfway there.

  • En medio del jardín había un macizo de flores.

    There was a flower bed in the middle of the garden.

  • No dejes nada a medio hacer.

    Don't do anything halfway.

  • Yo dejé de fumar medio año atrás.

    I quit smoking half a year ago.

  • Yo no la pegué. Mi brazo simplemente estaba moviéndose y su cara se puso en medio.

    I didn't punch her. My arm was just moving and her face was in the way.

  • Yo reciclo y cuido el medio ambiente.

    I recycle and take care of the environment.

  • Cuando visité su departamento, la pareja estaba justo en medio de una pelea.

    When I visited their apartment, the couple was right in the middle of an argument.

  • El genocidio armenio dejó un total de un millón y medio de muertos, entre hombres, mujeres y niños.

    The Armenian Genocide left a total of one million and five hundred thousand deaths, including men, women and children.

  • Es grosero conversar en medio de un concierto.

    It's rude to talk during a concert.

  • Tu regalo fue como descubrir un oasis en medio del desierto.

    Your gift was like discovery of an oasis in the midst of a desert.

  • ¿Cuánto cuesta medio kilo?

    How much for half a kilo?

  • La casa se encuentra en medio de árboles.

    The house stands among trees.

  • ¿Me pones medio kilo de manzanas?

    Can I have half a kilo apples?

  • Deme medio kilo de manzanas.

    Give me half a kilo of apples.

  • Se ha desarrollado un nuevo medio de comunicación - el ferrocarril.

    A new means of communication was developed — the railway.

  • El trabajo de medio tiempo de Tom es repartir pizzas.

    Tom's part-time job is delivering pizzas.

  • Yo no pude hacerme escuchar en medio del ruido en la sala de clases.

    I couldn't make myself heard in the noisy class.

  • Tuve un empleo de medio tiempo como camarera en un hotel, pero no me gustó mucho.

    I had a part-time job as a hotel maid, but I didn't like it very much.

  • Tomaron té con limón, debido a su persistente tos, que él endulzó con ese terrón y medio de azúcar, según su costumbre.

    They drank tea with lemon, for his nagging cough, which he sweetened with his usual lump and a half of sugar.


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